Peace Time: May 23, 2021

Spirit Poured Out: Dare to Dance AgainEzekiel has a vision of a valley full of bones receiving life, breath, sinew, and flesh after encountering the word of God. When they arise, they are animated by the Spirit of Life and they dance! As Easter people we celebrate the...

Peace Time: May 16, 2021

Gone Up with a Shout: Clap Your Hands As Jesus prepares to leave the disciples, he opens their minds and blesses them. The result, after he ascends, is their return to Jerusalem with great joy and a desire for continually worshiping and blessing God in the temple....

Peace Time: May 9, 2021

Who Can Withhold? Break Forth! The Psalm for today describes all of creation offering joyful noises to God. Our joy is complete because the joy of Christ resides within us. We cannot help but break forth. This joy is available to all, realizes the community in the...

Peace Time: May 2, 2021

Dancing requires that we pay attention to the steps, that we watch for the steps of those who have danced this dance of life before–those whose seeking and questioning and dreaming can lead us to seek and hope and dream. Imagine now a dreamer in whose steps you...

Peace Time: April 25, 2021

By This We Will Know: The Dance of Love. If we are to dance with abandon, we learn and follow – then we can begin to lead. We can learn the steps to the dance of love through the lead of Jesus and those who have gone before us. May we dare to dance even as we continue...

Peace Time: April 18, 2021

While in Joy: Dancing During Disbelief and Wonder. Sometimes we are unsure about our steps in this world. For the disciples, even “while in their joy” at seeing Jesus after the resurrection, they were still “disbelieving and wondering.” We are reminded that even...