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"Communion with God" by Gil George by West Hills Friends
Mark Pratt-Russum offers a message about paying attention to your heart and preparing for the situations of life. How has heart/mind/spirit attention prepared you to enter into situations differently? What possibilities emerge, in your imaginat
Jill Townley shares a First Word about an encounter with a young woman on a recent bus trip on her morning commute.
Mark Pratt-Russum offers a message about feeling comfortable with being completely you. How have you become aware of the "normative" narratives that have influenced the way you interact with others? How does your spirituality challenge you to d
Mark Pratt-Russum offers a message about eclipses and epiphanies and shares the poem “Spellbound” by Bethany Lee. What are the epiphanies you've had in your life? When have things come together, or connected in such a way to bring you Into a pr
Leanne Benner shares a First Word about asking the question what difference does Jesus’ resurrection mean for us?
Mica Coffin shares a message about how metaphors help us understand God. At the end of the message Mica speaks about a song called "God is a River," copyright Peter Mayer, that can be downloaded at petermayer.net.
Mark Pratt-Russum shares a short story about George Fox. Later we were invited to weave a message on a canvas.
Stephen Deatherage shares an original short story with Latin dialogue about how the cross has given way to life.
Mark Pratt-Russum shared a message about sourdough starters and leavened bread. What metaphors describe what it feels like to be present in the world right now? Whether it be a stone crying out, mustard seeds, or hidden leaven, how does carryin
Mark Pratt-Russum shares a message about the story behind the song, "We Are The World."Queries were:1. How does holding the unknowns of another's story and experience give you more capacity for grace in your relationship?2. When have you ex
Mark Pratt-Russum offered a message about becoming aware of the influence of principalities and powers and the way they shape our thinking and motivations. How does your relationship with the Divine challenge you to act with integrity and convi
Kevin Melvin offers a message about knowledge of God and the search for meaning. What if knowing the nature of God is not material to the exploration?
Mark Pratt-Russum shares about the feeling of always being in trouble. Queries were how much does worry about being in trouble dominate your inner dialogue? How have you received or offered grace? How did it change your heart?
Mark Pratt-Russum shares the message for the morning. Queries were how does the soil under your feet, the watershed in which you live, the light within your own heart, call you back to yourself? In what ways can a community like West Hills Frie
Mark Pratt-Russum shares a message about the imaginal cells of the butterfly within the caterpillar. What "imaginal cells" are within you? What possibility of transformation might you already be carrying? Where are you in your current process o
Mark Pratt-Russum asks us to consider holy days as being invitations to wholeness days. When have you experienced something in the routines of normal life that awakened you to an alternative way of being in the world? How do you stay in touch w
Mica Coffin shares a message about pet peeves and pet delights. Are there pet peeves--cherished annoyances or irritations--that you have been coddling? Have you covered up deeper concerns by focusing on annoyances? What are your pet delights? H
Stephen Deatherage shares a message about timshel, the Hebrew word for “Thou Mayest.” The word Timshel is referred to in the John Steinbeck novel East of Eden. Timshel means we have a choice on how to live our lives, and the power to choose our
Mark Pratt-Russum shared a message about attentiveness to the "other way" that Jesus spoke about. How has your life been shaped by attentiveness to this "other way"? How have you been able to access this other "Spirit" and as a result, responde
A Pastor Molly story about how we walk through grief together.(Photo: Reuters/Therese Apel)
Inspired by Nadia Bolz-Weber's blog post "Impersonating Ourselves," Greg delves into the topic of personal growth and the challenges of aligning our inner transformations with our external presentations. What does it mean to step more fully int
Mark asks, "When have you asked something taboo, or embarrassing, challenging or distressing 'What are you here to teach me?'"
When have you done "the work" only to discover that it has revealed more work to be done within you? Mark talks about the resistance to liberation we often feel we bump up against.Photo by by stevecoleimages
A light-hearted story about Jesus’s call to welcome the stranger (Matthew 25: 35-40)Written and narrated by KD BurnettIntroduction and queries by Stephen Deatherage
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