A liturgical resource for the season of Epiphany

Beautiful & Clever Carol Covers – Merry Christmas from In Mansions and Church of the Beloved.

“Your God’s not big enough!” Preachers always like to say junk like that.  Certainly it’s true, but I never hear anyone say, “Your God’s not small enough!” And I suspect that our God really is too big, especially for Christmas.  The huge God who is older than time, who is before the creation of matter, who makes billions [...]

The unveiling of the “Father Winter Ale” bottle label – a home brew created by the men of Church of the Beloved to be uncorked on Christmas Day!

Hope. It wins elections.  It fuels change. Everybody wants hope.  Right? Sure.  We want a hope we can wear on a t-shirt, but we sure as hell don’t want the long dark night of hope, because hope is hard work and not for the faint of heart. Hope ignites the painter’s imagination when staring at [...]

- IMAGINING “Christ the King” – We’re going to read psalm 145, which is a prayer to God, who is the King of ALL creation.  And when we read this, I want you to imagine that we are at a big fancy celebration. Have any of you been to a big fancy celebration?  Like a [...]

Here are three responsive readings that incorporate just about every reference to the God’s kingdom in the Gospels… use freely in your own worship context. _ GATHERING WORDS  _ ONE: Jesus said many things about God’s kingdom: ALL: God’s kingdom is close by. ONE: “Turn around, the kingdom of God is right behind you.” TWO: [...]

A theatrical reading of the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead… what confusion, grief, anger, and complicated joy must have preceded… and followed?

grace|faith|christ these are the marks of a beggars revolution. do they still have what it takes to re-form us?

Mark 10:17-27   A man ran up to Jesus and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ”Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.  You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, [...]