by our lack of courage to say yes to the Voice within. Oh, how I miss those Sunday closings! Amen. } If you cannot bear to look upon the face of CHRIST, thats ok. Just stop this video and take a moment or two to pray. Killer whales. This my body, given for you. And God called thefirmamentHeaven.. According to these traditional interpretations humans were originally created in a state of perfection to live in a perfect creation. Alleluia! Above the sky were the Heavens. Believing, as Jesus believed, that beyond pain and darkness and death, They were concerned for my mortal soul. Holy, gracious, God, Today, on this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, how many of us will satisfy ourselves with righteous indignation rather than sacrifice? Gone are the vestments, the prescribed lectionary readings, and the familiar words. People: First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, so that he might make us share in therighteousness he won for us by his death.Second, by his power we tooare already now resurrected to a new life.Third, Christ's resurrectionis a guarantee of our glorious resurrection.This is our faith and hope. But in my heart of hearts, I know that I must learn to see the face of CHRIST in my enemy. The concluding prayer of thanksgiving was (heavily) adapted from a prayer by Katherine Hawker. Little Crystal was only two and a half years old when she got hopelessly stuck. towards ourselves and towards all living beings. Prayer of Confession and Pardon for Easter. Practicing resurrection happens when we gather to build communities of compassion. All tears are part of the river of life. In Jesus they saw CHRIST. It is as the renewed, redeemed, enlivened people of God Together, by your grace, we accept the life you offer. For all who are striving to form new governments, for thepeople of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine: that God will enlighten and inspiretheir leaders to build structures that will respect rights, promote life andhealth and establish educational and economic opportunities. Let us begin the difficult, painstaking slow, work of wiping away every tear from the eyes of our sisters and brothers. Winter, with its cold and dark days has gone, just as Good Friday has passed to Easter and beyond. We were Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive all week long, working toward Saturday Night Fever, when we Should Be Dancing, dancing the night away. When the peace which is lost breaks out and the lost, the forsaken, and the forlorn greet one another with open arms and go into the feast to celebrate, for what once was lost is found. Ever since they began to practice resurrection, people have been trying to figure out exactly what may have happened. and to the one in the 1789 English Moravian Hymnal. We share it as our pledge of openness to the spirit in our midst, What is sown is ignoble, what is raised is glorious. I affirm the resurrection when I stand up for those who are forced to live on their knees,I affirm the resurrection when I speak for those who have had their tongues torn out,I affirm the resurrection, when I cry for those who have no more tears left to shed. I expect that whatever needs to be done will be done quickly, so that I can get back to normal. You would be correct to conclude that I do believe in resurrection. Let it go. Sure enough, the vase slipped off as smooth as silk. Theres nothing wrong with that. } One: On this day, we celebrate the risen Christ var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); Pachena Bay with its warm Pacific waters, heated even more by virtue of its shallow depths, attracted schools of salmon, ling cod and halibut, who make up a veritable smorgasbord for the pods of whales, that continue to visit the bay to this very day. Comments about the content or usability of this site? Easter 2A in Quarantine: Peace Be With You. Our very own lifestyles, demand what they are selling. Leader: Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord has prepared this table for all who love him and trust in him alone for their salvation. Welcome to Contemporary Liturgy website. CHRIST was sent to die for you!. So that its not just the characters actions which are pointed to as the workings of DIVINITY, but the characters themselves are viewed as stand ins or symbols of GOD Himself or Herself. Vladimir Putin created in the image of the DIVINE. You and I are the wealthiest followers of Jesus who have ever walked the Earth. If a few well-placed bullets could reunite and restore that little Ukrainian family, maybe Jesus was wrong about non-violent resistance. delivered us from slavery to sin and death, and made us a new people. I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures;that he was buried and that he was raised to life three days later, as written in the Scriptures;that he appeared to Peter and then to all twelve apostles. (1 Corinthians 15:1-6), Anna carefully underlined in red the phrase: Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures. A Prayer at the End of a Quarantined Day. He greets us with peace the world does not know, he give us peace the world cannot give. For the journey that life has been, Amen. It can be deadly. }); Let us declare our faith together (you may rise): who welcomes us into the household of faith. As far back as the sixteenth century, a Polish monk named Nicolaus Copernicus calculated that the Earth is not the center of a three-tiered universe. The stories about Jesus have been told in ways that paint a particular picture of what it means to be human. Springtime is a season of optimism and hope, and the Christian lives a faith centred on hope. Even our ancient Greek forebearers, they understood that if horses had gods those gods would be horses. When we forgo our obsession with Jesus death and open ourselves to the passions of Jesus life, we begin to see new ways to understand the new images of the HOLY ONE that Jesus encouraged his followers to see. } Frame 15: Honor the Divine in everyone and in all creation. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Come then to the joyful feast of the Lord! ELOHIM, the GOD who is the feminine plural of MAJESTY, said to Elijah: Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of YHWEH, for YAHWEH is about to pass by. Imagine the MYSTERY, which is the I AM, the very essence of BEING is about to pass by. We are sent out with these words Pain and suffering perpetrated by our species vain conviction that violence is the way to peace. One day, Elijah demanded of the voice, I have been very zealous for YHWH God Omnipotent. We are not alone! Social Justice Lectionary, Bruce Sweet, 2014. All risings of the human spirit are preceded by brokenness, loss or rejection. O God, help us to let go of those mental pictures of you which prevent us from accepting that we will never know you fully and save us from pointless theological argument which reflects our insecurity rather than your mystery. What might we wealthy followers of Jesus be prepared to pay to serve the needs of those held captive to the financial empire of our time? The trouble is, we all live in the 21st century and we know that the definition of what it means to be human that these stories rely upon no longer rings true. Click here to listen to a meditative sung liturgy inspired by Julians writings, Crystal was a little breathless from all the crying she had been doing and all she could manage was a whimpered, Mmm hummm. Honey, tell grandma the truth now. The EMPIRE OF DIVINITY is not yet here. 3:6 No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. *All sing: (suggested: "I Serve a Risen Savior" or "Christ Our Lord Is Risen Today"). As a result of this splendid isolation, we spent several weeks as the only family camped in this idyllic bay. For he is risen! The Liturgy of the Hours includes several specified times of prayer. we invite your life to fill us; And now let us recite a creed, that is, an affirmation of faith, based on a contemporary view of Christianity: We believe in God, the power of life, love and being, We believe in Jesus, who revealed the good news. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); The distortion of maps deceived me into believing that it would be a short trip from Bergen to Narvik. Beautiful liturgy. Carmel Lutheran Church, Portland, OR: Easter Morning: a service of the dawning of new light with Holy Communion. Join Us over Zoom, Tuesdays beginning February 21st at 7pm! Excuse me if I sound a little too indignant but jockeying for a seat during a global pandemic is more than a little tone deaf, when according to the United Nations, yet another 150 million or so people will be plunged into poverty this year, swelling the ranks of the global poor to over one and a half-billion people, over half of which are children. The question of a physical body makes no sense to the ancients. John 1:1-5, Captain Kirk and His Merry Band of Billionaires! Theologian Richard Rohr reminds us that the CHRIST is the Christian code word for REALITY. But it cannot be like that with you. We are told by the gospel-storyteller that after his one-line commentary on the words of Isaiah, Jesus hometown congregation were so incensed that they decided to hurl him off a cliff. This despite the fact that the biblical author of the book of Joshua wrote that God stopped the rotation of the sun around the earth in order to provide Joshua with an extended period of daylight in which to kill his enemies. Only a foolWould sweep and sweep and sweep, leaving her purse unguarded, to search for one lone coin. Or break the very atoms down to see how they are made, This knowledge has an impact on how we interpret the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Resources for planning and leading worship, Lift Up Your Heartsand Voices: Involving the congregation in the Communion liturgy through song, The Three Days: Celebrating the summit of Holy Week with four services and two sacraments. A sacred offering of for the sake of life here on this our one and only planet, a planet capable of nourishing life for all of Earths inhabitants? Amen. The word literally translates as EL the generic term for a god, put together with the feminine form of the word for majesty so clearly LORD is not a correct translation for ELOHIM the God who is described as more than one QUEEN?) if ( thisact == "contact" ) { Now, O God, with grateful hearts we remember Jesus. She went into her mothers study, holding in one hand a family treasure and her other hand couldnt be seen. As a whale gently brushed the underside of the dingy, a strange calm came over me and I was not afraid. Exposed to the vastness of the Cosmos, it was the ancient story of a Three-tiered Universe that inspired not murderous intentions in me, but rather the euphoria of freedom from captivity to the limitations of our ancestors imaginations. In the 17th century, Galileo Galilei a personal friend of the Pope, published a paper demonstrating that the sun could not possible revolve around the earth. May we live in a way which will not deprive other beings. Thoughts on Readings, Prayers & Hymn Suggestions. and the capacity to give people an experience of God. Frame 9: When you think the world has turned its back on youtake another look. My youth and inexperience allowed the more ornery side of my nature to come to the fore. with the Source and Sustainer of all that exists. Church that is. Amen. Then it is given the body designed for itwith each kind of seed getting its own kind of body. So, let us begin with our own lives, our own daily challenges, let us strip ourselves of our own entanglements with violence. Most Australian Anglicans use A Prayer Book for Australia (APBA) as the basis for our common prayer. This dear friends is what it means for you and me to sit at Jesus side. Fosdick Dr. NW #80 Resurrection is beauty appreciated, love shared, justice implemented. A momentary panic began to surface as my mind questioned the wisdom of standing on ice not knowing what lay below. Let us be LOVE in the world. Christ is risen! Through a simple meal of grain and grape, we, your children, unite. Why did they repeat these stories over and over again? <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 594.96 842.04] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> The story I want to tell you comes from the Irish author Frank McCourts autobiography entitled Tis. Out of the familiar emerges the extraordinary that transforms the ordinary. We lose our capacity for peace and joy, we struggle to show compassion and to connect with others, and we may find ourselves slipping into toxic and destructive attitudes and habits. We must put all our many blessings to use, to seek justice where-ever we can whenever we can.We cant do it all and we cant do it alone. Followers of the Way are called to reject the myth of redemptive violence. Easter is the eternal moment that supersedes all time; the vision that puts into perspective all visionless living. Just before my blow connected with its victim, I realized that I was doomed. Living the Questions is happy to join other Michael Morwood fans in welcoming the arrival of Michael's newest book, Prayers for Progressive Christians. He rose again in victory because the powers of death cannot overcome the Divine power of Life. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); There werent many of us who made the effort. As the earth sheds its snow, it begins to drink in the warm rains and creation comes alive once again. If we look at the stories that have been told about Jesus, the stories that have contributed so much to the creation of the idol that masquerades as the Mystery we call God, we discover a narrative that seems preoccupied with Jesus death. Christ is risen! To ask the question of whether the resurrection is true, and to mean by this that only a resurrected corpse constitutes such proof, is to impose the standards of the modern mind upon a pre-scientific culture of myth and magic. Then one day that perfect relationship was severed when for one reason or another the humans disobeyed the rules established by the creator. Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote the sky. Neither Anna nor I knew we were engaged in a long pointless argument which had been going on since round about the fourth century. When I was an amateur wrestler, I was a world-class champion wrestler. So, I invite you to see for yourselves. Now, talk of the mid-night sun always took me back to my childhood memories of my Dad reciting the Robert Service poem, the Cremation of Sam McGee. We are blessed with riches beyond the wildest dreams of the generations who have gone before us. Hell, I dont want to see it. Friends, let us come out of the darkness and join together in the light of Gods love. Some were staring vacantly through time, like the tens of millions of Ukrainians who were starved to death during the Holodomor by yet another brutal Russian dictator. Jesus called them together and said, You know how among the Gentiles those who exercise authority are domineering and arrogant; those great ones know how to make their own importance felt. Sometimes, when I manage to muster up my courage and try to view these parables of loss through lenses of resistance, I can begin to feel a kind of reckless abandon welling up in me, inspiring the kind of passion, which tempts me to take leave of my senses, to risk everything for the sake of what is currently being lost. Fortunately, the youth hostel was full, and we were forced to hike up and out of town to find a suitable spot to pitch our tents. The occupying Roman forces not only publicly executed their teacher as a warning to any of Jesus would be followers,The Roman Empire, crucified as many dissenters as they could catch. One of the authors of the Book of Genesis described creation like this : And God said, Let there be afirmamentin the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made thefirmament and divided the waters which were under thefirmamentfrom the waters which were above thefirmament: and it was so. This weeping CHRIST plays on an endless loop in my mind unravelling my carefully constructed images of the DIVINE MYSTERY which is the LOVE we have the audacity to call GOD. Think for a moment. Repent: Metanoia: to think new thoughts Let us repent, metanoia Let us think new thoughts. 1 0 obj . Now let us greet one another: I honor the Divinity Within you Namaste Peace. The Bible was written by men who believed that they lived in a three-tiered universe. For the LOVE expressed in the life and death of Jesus lives in you and in me. Easter offers meaning and hope to all people. In the face of the pastors shouts, I stood as still as I could muster. I know it is much easier to poke fun at billionaires and lay the blame for suffering at the feet of self-serving fools. Petes words remind me over and over, and over again that Jesus lived and died embodying the CHRIST which is the DIVINE LOVE which rises in with through and beyond you and I, again, and again, and again. You see Paul was skilled in the ancient art of rhetoric and would recognize my own rhetoric for what it is. Support our mission with a tax-deductible donation! Settle into your seat, close your eyes and imagine a place that brings you comfort and peace. You called forth prophets who dared to speak the truth of Life to worldly powers that promoted death. [on the night before he died, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Im not sure how many whales entered the bay. Resist making the characters in these parables all about us. Well, I deny the resurrection in the very same way as I suspect you deny the resurrection. Yes, the shepherd should have been guarding the 99. As the embodiment of LOVE, LOVE ensures that Jesus never dies. Easter people, come now to the table with Christ! The Earth was flat. Indeed, it can mean freedom to BE in ways which affirm REALITY, the REALITY we long to know, the ONE which IS BEYOND the BEYOND and BEYOND that Also, this LOVE which we call GOD. Resurrection is a statement of how reality works. Some walking away to become refugees, joining the endless flow of the displaced. Psalm 25:1-10. If it doesnt is it my heart or is it the worship that is dead? Only a foolWould search and look and scour and puzzle, bend and peer, lift and move everything, to find a single coin. Hosanna in the highest. He offered Divine Life to all people suffering under worldly forces of death. } else { I am tweaking this for this Sunday credit to your site will be given. read more More Poetry Week of February 5, 2023 "Less is more." We know that humans are continuing to evolve. /* (LogOut/ How deep? Humans are incomplete beings. Just like the people in the story, I want to be transformed by the story of Jesus; transformed from someone who cowers in a place of safety, filled with fear and doubts, into a powerful member of a movement to create peace through justice. The text is taken in large part from Martin Luther's Small Catechism, with which Zinzendorf . Progressive Christian prayers Wild God, talking to Jesus - John van de Laar, South Africa Wild God - words to Jesus It seems to us that things would be much easier if you would just do what we ask, Jesus, If you were more compliant and co-operative, more flexible and adaptable, more open to follow agendas other than your own. now we cry to our King immortal, who, triumphant, burst the bars of the tomb'sdark portal; "Alleluia!" I can only hope that each of you, have endured such moments in your life. We rejoice that Jesus lives on, as we all will, in the reality we call God. Congregational Prayers (may be solicited), which may be preceded by other joyful and appropriate responses to the Easter Gospel. Remember how many times these parables must have been told before they were written down. Today! The response is Alithos Aneste! Jesus suffered the worst of his worlds violence. When the complete vine suffers, we all suffer together. This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine; this is my home, the country where my heart is; here are my hopes, my dreams, my . We believe that death is not the end, but rather a transformation into new possibilities. I dont mind confessing my own fear. As the night lengthened, Jesus took a simple portion of bread. The prayer book revision Facebook group, with more than 4,000 members, was created in 2017 by the Rev. Somehow, hed managed to secure me with what we professional wrestlers call an arm bar. World in Prayer, the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi, California. Continue reading . These liturgies immerse us into the immen-sity of our calling: Christ's passion and passage have been completed. Hosanna in the highest. The SPIRIT of DIVINITY is within us! Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry. The PROMISED ONE has come not to be served, but to serveto give a ransom for the many. Sure, it is easy to scoff at billionaires squandering their ill-gotten gains on momentary flights of fancy. Somehow the Parliamentarians managed with their smaller cannons or battering rams to shatter the wall and the cannon, Humpty Dumpty came tumbling down, shattered, irreparable. pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these your gifts of bread and cup. To free the captives? In a world that so often denies or ignores the humanity-robbing effects of pain and suffering, Irrepressible (Personal Spiritual Practice Guide PDF), More Than Words Living What We Pray (PDF), Living in the Promised Land: A Lent Journey (Year B) (PDF). Easter is the amazing wow of cosmic love. We celebrate the risen Christ in our midst. Let us pray for an abundance of health, for prosperity, and for joy. It was quite a beginning to what promises to be an exciting journey. Paralyzed by their fear, hiding behind a locked door, something happened which gave them the strength to burst forth from their own tomb and change the world. The big challenge of this period in the Church Calendar is that the focus is so very clearly on events that happened to "Someone else" so very long ago. Their pastor had warned them that my countenance was putting us all in danger. 2023 ProgressiveChristianity.org, Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christians Journey Through the Jewish Year, A Joyful Path, Childrens Curriculum Sample Lessons for Years One, Two and Three, Find Faith Communities Using A Joyful Path, The Core Values of Progressive Christianity, Bishop Spong Newsletter Progressing Spirit, Advertising on ProgressiveChristianity.org. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it unless it was for nothing that you believed. We are free from the captivity of a way of thinking which insists that we believe what our own experience confirms is no way to live in the very reality our ancestors were struggling to fathom. that in losing our life we might find true Life Practicing resurrection happens when we empower one another to rise.Practicing resurrection happens when we build communities of compassion that live fully, love extravagantly, and empower people to be all that they were created to be. It is not a lofty mountaintop vision. Helping you win loyal friends through your communications, All the stuff I should be writing down for a book someday, Soulful leadership in its many manifestations, A Liturgy for Easter Day (with HolyCommunion), Preaching Thomas on Low Sunday Some PossiblePathways, Reflection and Hymn: The Most DeliciousBread, Encampments: In Situ Poems and Found Devotions, This was the Original Episcopal Cafe site. Let us offer a sacrifice in the form of embodied LOVE. It was recorded Saturday morning, after a rocket exploded in an apartment block in Kiev. The nursery rhyme dates back to the English civil war, when the Royalists were being attacked by the Parliamentarians, they put their faith in the size of their cannons, one of them was so large it went by the name Humpty Dumpty, which at the time was a term used to describe fat rich guys. There we stood, we three kindred creatures, waving together as ONE, held in a vast Cosmos touched by the MYSTERY which is the LOVE which permeates ALL that IS, including us, for we are ONE, ONE with DIVINITY. When the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, he unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of our God is upon me: because the Most High has anointed me to bring Good News to those who are poor. }); Join thousands of others like you who are contributing their voice to Progressive Christianity and list your church, organization or yourself in our global directory. Evolving beyond the myth that violence can solve our problems, or bring us peace, is vital. *Easter Peace Beloved in Christ, God's love pours out from the grave of despair. How dare I claim freedom from the old-manin the sky-god only to embrace half-baked notions of a MYSTERY which is called LOVE, as if LOVE is the answer? 4810 Pt. Michelle L. Torigian. (from Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 45). Out or on the Fringe of the Church. Even though Jesus knew he would be betrayed and deserted by those at this supper, he still continued to join them at the table, sharing time and space with whom he grew closest. Our count was based on the number of spouts that emanated from their blowholes. *All: Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord! Many Christians understand the sacrament of Holy Communion as a means of grace that nourishes and strengthens our faith for life and ministry in the world. A natural body is sown, and a spiritual body is raised up. The PROMISED ONE has come not to be served, but to serveto give one life in ransom for the many.. We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. *The ThanksgivingLeader: Lift up your hearts. Gig Harbor, WA 98335 Heaven is ours to create out of the hells we have made. Frame 10: Always remember the compliments that you received. Alas, such a deep breath choked on the frigid air, as if my lungs rejected their own impulse to breathe, lest they themselves freeze as solidly as the lake beneath my feet. } else { Children and youth might be used as servers and/or readers. Sadly, far too many of us have been conditioned to look for what we have been conditioned to see instead of what is all around us, if we could only see beyond our conditioning. Her unseen hand was stuck inside her great-grandmothers vase. Beautiful! View the full Worship Video for the Second Sunday of Easter below, CLICK HERE to DOWNLOAD the Worship Bulletin. We thank you, God, for all the love You've given us and for the gift of Jesus. What can Jesus teach us? Advent C. First Sunday of Advent. John 20:19-31, Parables of Loss Through the Lenses of Resistance Luke 15, CLICK HERE to DOWNLOAD THE WORSHIP BULLETIN. There is real wisdom, Lord, in the adage. May we be transfigured by her courage to do our part to turn her mourning into dancing. Alleluia, amen. The Third Sunday of Easter - April 18, 2021 Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 I John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 You can't manage or control a resurrection. Once again, I struggled to keep a straight face. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus. (Romans 3:21-26), Below these passages, Anna wrote: Repent and believe! 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