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The Rosewood Community Garden

By ryan • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

The Rosewood Community Garden is getting ready for Spring, and getting ready for you!



Goings On (stuff happening at Beloved)

By ryan • Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: Upcoming Events, events

Here’s a list of events and groups that are taking place during the season of Lent.



The Shape of Worship

By ryan • Feb 7th, 2010 • Category: Worship Reflections

Taking a close look at the innate movements of worship.



Dangerous Inclusion

By ryan • Jan 31st, 2010 • Category: Worship Reflections

I want to tell you a story, but to do so we’ll have to leave this time and this place and go to a time when God walked the earth.  You can hear the sound of hushed murmurs, a growing buzz is filling the air, and we find ourselves back in the synagogue in Jesus’ hometown.  [...]



WANT TO LIVE IN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY?

By ryan • Jan 28th, 2010 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

Church of the Beloved is looking for a single or married persons who are interested in living in a community house (actually, its a bit of a mansion!) in Edmonds WA, called Rosewood Manor.  Email ryan@belovedschurch.org to inquire.

A little about the Manor:
Rosewood is a hundred year old, 8,500 sq. ft. mansion on 220th st. in [...]



Epiphany Kyrie

By ryan • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Worship Reflections

A liturgical resource for the season of Epiphany



Save Sundays – Take the Bus

By ryan • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

I got an urgent phone call last week from one of our community members saying, “Ryan, we’ve got to do something!  DART is canceling all Sunday service and I wont be able to come to church anymore!”
Dial-A-Ride Transportation (DART) is a paratransit service that provides transportation for people whose disability or condition prevents them from [...]



Finally, a love song i can love

By ryan • Jan 8th, 2010 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

I want to like love songs.  I do.  But most of what passes for a love song is enmeshed co-dependent disfunction.  I know too much for my heart to swoon to that ear candy.  But, every once in a while there comes a rare a love song that knows the cost and complexity of loving. [...]



Examen Your Old/New Year

By ryan • Jan 2nd, 2010 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

This is a guided meditation for a small group or just you right now.



Communion Liturgy for a New Year

By ryan • Dec 27th, 2009 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

Unlikely you’ve seen this before – a communion liturgy incorporating “Auld Lang Syne”, Champaign, and Toasts to Christ. Somehow it works out to be both celebratory and sacred. Feel free to use this with creativity.