Gratitude as Resistance

Gratitude as Resistance

Rev. Ashley Harness Scripture: Psalm 46 God, You are our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, Though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the...
Solidarity is Resurrection

Solidarity is Resurrection

Rev. Ashley Harness Scripture: Luke 21: 5-21 [A caveat: While I am legally not allowed to endorse a political candidate as a pastor, there is nothing I can find that says I can’t call out Pharaoh when I see him enfleshed in our times.] Beloveds. I read this scripture...
Practicing Radical Gratitude

Practicing Radical Gratitude

Rev. Ashley Harness Sacred Texts: Stone Soup Folktale and Psalm 65 Beloved Lyndale, Welcome to stewardship season, which is the season when we do our annual fundraising campaign to support all the ways we will live out our mission of deepening faith in community,...
To The Women Written On My Heart

To The Women Written On My Heart

By Rev. Ashley Harness Our scripture this morning is from Jeremiah 31. It was written during the exile, when the temple and city were destroyed and there was no good reason to hope. Starvation, death and displacement were the norm. And yet, this is what the prophet...
Healing and Wholeness

Healing and Wholeness

By Wendy Harbour, Director of the National Center for College Students with Disabilities Please pray for me and with me in ASL. [In ASL: Father and Mother of us all, please bless my words and everyone here who is listening. May your spirit move among us. Amen.] And...