Posts Tagged: Communion

Experiencing the Sacred–This Holy Mystery

Click here to listen:  Most of the message from Sunday can be found in part in The Book of Resolutions 2004 in the document titled, “This Holy Mystery,” which details the United Methodist understanding of how Christ is present around the Table.  You can also find “This Holy Mystery” on the official United Methodist Church… Read more »

To Albany High

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/09/16/nursing-a-broken-heart-these-12-tips-could-help/ Dear Albany High School, By Grace, God invites us into the divine heart.  Through water and the Spirit we are connected to the body of Christ–redeemed and forgiven, hearing the words, “You are my beloved child.  I am pleased with you!”  As children of God we are invited to gather around the Lord’s Table… Read more »

Pastoral Prayer, Proper 14 B

Gracious God, bread of heaven, you feed us in the depths of grief, sin, and hostility.  Nourish us with your word through the long hours of darkness, and in the dawning awareness of our need for forgiveness.  Forgive us for what we have done and for what we have left undone.  Take our sin and… Read more »

God’s Will Undone

God is love.  God’s will is always to love.  God’s will for me and for you is to love God and love each other.  Knowing God’s will doesn’t mean that we are biblical scholars or more holy than others or that our prayers are eloquent.  God’s will is made manifest in Christ.  When we look… Read more »

God's Will Undone

God is love.  God’s will is always to love.  God’s will for me and for you is to love God and love each other.  Knowing God’s will doesn’t mean that we are biblical scholars or more holy than others or that our prayers are eloquent.  God’s will is made manifest in Christ.  When we look… Read more »

What We Do Know Is This

One day a pair of twins in their mother’s womb started talking to each other.  One said to the other, “I wonder if there’s more to life that this?”  “Why would you ask,” the other twin replied.  “We have everything we need right here.  It’s warm and cozy.  We are always being fed.  We have… Read more »

All Saints Prayer

            Gracious God, whose grace provides our first breath and whose mercy comforts our last, we ask for your peace this day as we remember our family and friends who commune with you in your eternal kingdom.  As we break bread with each other in the power of the Spirit, let our souls be mindful… Read more »