O lovely rose on the thorn,     Thou are sweet as the grape,     A flower of great delight;     Yet the root of your constancy     Is in the Holy Spirit     ever fresh and ever green. Come, dear friend,     I await you     and my heart   ...

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There comes a time     when both body and soul     enter into such a vast darkness that one loses light     and consciousness     and knows nothing more         of God’s intimacy. At such a time     when the light in the lantern burns out         the...

God says:     Now is the time     to tell you where I am     and where I will be. I am             in Myself,             in all places             in all things             as I ever have been         without...

Here are some funny websites making fun of Fred Phelps’s “ministry” of “God Hates Fags.” As you probably know, Phelps has shown up at denominational meetings for years to be a counter-protester when there are gay and lesbian protesters present. Lately he has been protesting at the funeral of soldiers...

Saturday, Dec. 1st     Advent Decoration 8:30-11:00am – Join us to decorate the Sanctuary and put up a tree!Choir Rehearsal 11:00am-1:00pm Sunday, Dec. 2nd     “A Stable Journey: Delighting” by Sid, 8:50 & 11:10am Communion SundayText – Mary’s Magnificat, Luke 1:46-55Labyrinth Walk – 6:00-8:00pm

There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fount of action and joy.  It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out to me from the unseen roots of all created being, welcoming me tenderly, saluting me with indescribable humility. –Thomas Merton (1915-1968)...

“Long Road Out of Eden” Weaving down the American highway Through the litter and the wreckage and the cultural junk Bloated with entitlement; loaded on propaganda And now we’re driving dazed and drunk Been down the road to Damascus, the road to Mandalay Met the ghost of Caesar on the...

All Saints’ Day  Welcome Opportunities for Fellowship and Service Befriending Creation  *Calling of the Directions: Day of the Dead    written by Christine Kraemer Bless us, O Air, as we remember our dead.We who feel you rush into our lungsRecall the thoughts and words of those who came before.Inspire now our...

From a Stewardship Moment by Trinity member Candy Gross I am a lifelong United Methodist. That probably doesn’t mean a whole lot today: we are in an age that has little appreciation for institutional loyalty or identification, but it is that United Methodist connection that brought me to the doors...