As we welcome the summer months and relish the beauty around us, let us create and feel the full bodied joy that fuels us. We cannot live a life of fullness unless we can feel our joy all the way into our toes. We cannot sustain real work for change in the world unless we … Continue reading Full Bodied Joy
Playing pretend can give us an empowering way to work through and express different parts of ourselves. It can also be the most disempowering and soul draining thing when it is forced upon us for survival. Join us as we celebrate the ways in which we are creating a world where everyone is honored and … Continue reading Playing Pretend
We all have various origin stories – personal, familial, cultural, communal and cultural. Our origin stories can have a big impact on how we understand ourselves. How we interrogate or accept those stories matters. Join us as we explore the power of origin stories in our lives. Rev. Elizabeth Carrier-Ladd preaching.
In these times, we need to mother and be mothered. We need mutual aid – both as a way to receive and a way to give. In honor of this day that celebrates motherhood, let us explore the ways in which we can embody the best of what motherhood can be for each other. Honoring … Continue reading Fierce and Tender Love
The term resilience has been used to justify or glorify trauma and oppression – but that is not the true meaning of resilience. Join us as we unpack what resilience really is, the power it can have in our lives and how to practice it on purpose so that we are connected to our own … Continue reading Resilient Story
Each week this phrase is spoken as a part of our Land Acknowledgement. But what does it mean? What does reconciliation look like? As we honor Earth Day, how are we living our call to care for this planet? How can indigenous voices speak to this moment and our relationship with all of creation? What … Continue reading Reconciliation with Earth and All Her People
Belonging to a parish with as rich a history as ours is such a gift. We are the products of the hard work and gifts of so many who have cultivated this place into being. And now it is our job to continue cultivating their dreams and our dreams for the future of this place … Continue reading Cultivating Our Dreams
As we emerge from the tomb of this past year, of the pandemic and of all of the other plagues we have been reckoning with, we are in a state of resurrection. We are in the process of becoming something new. Of transforming our whole society and each of our communities. Of becoming different people … Continue reading We Are Resurrecting
Birthdays are an important time for us to take stock of who we are, where we come from and what we have learned. It is a time to evaluate how well we are actually living our values and what matters most to us. Our lives and our histories inform how we chose to be in … Continue reading Return Each Year
Join us to commemorate the one-year anniversary of our commitment to one another by taking precautionary measures to limit the spread of Covid-19. It has been a year full of learning and loss. A year that has changed us. A year we will never forget. Come, share in community your losses and your hopes from … Continue reading One Year Later
