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PIG ROAST ~ Sat Aug 27 4-8pm

By • Aug 14th, 2011 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

Jesus said, “the kingdom of God is like a party” or something like that. Well, we’re throwing a kingdom of God party… but it wont be a party without you, come join us.



Welcome Rebecca Tucker

By • Jul 21st, 2011 • Category: Worship Reflections

Beloveds leadership team welcomes Pastor Rebecca Tucker



The Sabbath Experiment

By • Jul 21st, 2011 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

In efforts to reclaim and remember God’s gift of sabbath, Church of the Beloved is inspiring experiments in sabbath keeping. Conduct your own!



who here has ever known a leaving like this

By • Jun 5th, 2011 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

an ascension day poem by ryan marsh “and they went home rejoicing…” who here has ever known a leaving like this? suspiciously absent of estrangement and lacking the assumed abandonment who here has ever known a leaving like this? the old man told the old man, “No one has ever seen the Father, and Jesus [...]



Psalm 23 – reimagined

By • May 18th, 2011 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

Here’s a prayer that a few of us wrote after meditating on Psalm 23



THE WANT – reflections on the good shepherd

By • May 17th, 2011 • Category: Worship Reflections

1,095,000.  That’s how many advertisements you will encounter this year.  This equals 3,000 advertisements each day.  You will encounter more commercials in a single year than your counter part 50 years ago saw in their entire lifetime.  In 2009 Microsoft spent 518 million dollars on advertising in order to combat the iPhone (…and their ads [...]



“Mended” : An Easter Proclamation

By • Apr 25th, 2011 • Category: Worship Reflections

Julian of Norwich, 14 century Christian mystic, famously said, “All shall be well. All shall be well. All manner of things shall be well.” I love this quote, but I got to thinking about it.  Isn’t it pretty much nothing more than blind optimism?  Just a poetic way of saying, ’everything works itself out in [...]



Unnerved: A Palm Sunday Sermon

By • Apr 14th, 2011 • Category: Worship Reflections

We return to full on sermons this palm sunday… here’s way more than a sneak peak.



PROJECT: Resurrection Insurrection

By • Apr 12th, 2011 • Category: Beloved Ramblings

The risen Christ is leading us in a barrage of life-giving acts… join the insurrection.



Lenten Practices & Spiritual Disciplines

By • Mar 4th, 2011 • Category: Worship Reflections

fast – examen – prayer – lectio – hostis
these are some of the deepening practices of our faith