What if you started modifying the words you’ve been taught to repeat to yourself with “good buddy” in God’s voice which is love?

The Bishop invites us into the power of community in order to become faithful followers of Jesus.

Kathy, Jack & Jane lead Taize worship.

Communion isn’t where we stop. It’s where we start. Communion is practice.

“The fear of you O Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” the Hebrew word used here does mean to be afraid, but it also means “to stand in awe."

We all have a hidden bullet, a secret rejection, we’re carrying around inside us. We all long for belonging.

The story of scripture repeats four powerful phrases throughout its pages: I love you. I am with you. Don't be afraid. You can come home.

That is the gift of Pride. The LGBTQIA+ community showing us what abundance looks like, and how to claim it.

One person at a time. One act of kindness at a time. One conversation at a time.

Debbie Kohler and Kathy Douglass led Morning Prayer from the Iona Abbey Worship Book.

They will know we are St. Luke’s by sharing the gifts God has given us, and letting our weaknesses be made strong by accepting God’s gifts.

Being the Body of Christ means finding a fair balance, as Paul says, between all of our abundance and all of our needs.

The decision we came to is rooted in the values of our faith.

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” For we don’t get sucked into demanding hard proof or clinging to what we already know.

Maybe that’s what family means: looking for God in whoever comes along, however strange they may be. And we’re all strange to someone.

I also hope that the next time you look in the mirror, you will see a beautiful jaw-dropping panorama that leaves you speechless.

We can’t understand and love the difference others are making unless we can understand and love the difference we ourselves are making.

We, having been prayed for by the One to whom we belong, find ourselves comforted, carried and companioned by one another.

What if we choose to treat others with care and dignity even when they choose not to do the same for us?

God doesn’t make us wither, we make ourselves wither when we don’t pursue our lives with love.