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Learning at the Bottom

14th, October 2025

When life bottoms out, I see the quiet school of the soul open. I ask with you, what do we learn at the bottom? Where...

After the Fire: Opening Our Hearts Again

12th, October 2025

After the fire, we will all sit for a time in the ashes. But with God’s help, we stand again and find a miracle …...

After the Fire: Walking Through the Ashes

5th, October 2025

We have been through those times, times where life felt like everything had been burned down to ashes. It is a time of shock, numbness,...

Letting the Past Go

26th, September 2025

I greet you this morning as we sit with a tender truth: Letting the past go. I name the grief and the gratitude. We honor...

When Fear Silences Living

19th, September 2025

Here’s my heart this morning: I invite us to notice how fear hijacks all the other emotions, how we get all feared up, and how...

We Must Do Better

11th, September 2025

Friends, when I look at the devastating news about Charlie Kirk, I feel the weight of our shared responsibility. No political side is exempt. We...

After the Fire

9th, September 2025

Life has these forest fires that scorch our landscapes, sometimes out of the blue, sometimes from far down the road, but life is not a...

Calming Life’s Storms

31st, August 2025

Jesus and his disciples are out at sea when a storm hits. How both Jesus and the disciples handle that situation can give us invaluable...

God Always Preserves the Loving Part

13th, August 2025

In today’s message, I reflect on the deeper meaning behind the story of Sodom and Gomorrah as a metaphor for inner transformation. Swedenborg teaches that...

Joy and the Ground of Our Being

12th, August 2025

When we live in the deep freedom that God gives, joy rises from the very ground of our being. Life’s worst days can shake us,...

Tell Me the Story of Your Last Drink

1st, August 2025

Every one of us carries stories. Some broken, some beautiful, some still being rewritten. This morning, I reflect on a powerful question: “Tell me the...

It All Belongs

31st, July 2025

Today, I want to speak gently into a phrase that can be both comforting and confusing: “it all belongs.” For those moving through heartbreak, that...