Climb Your Tower
John 11:1-27 and the Gospel of MaryMay 26th, 2024 Good morning again! Thank you for choosing to be here instead of all of the places you could be on this beautiful spring day on this holiday weekend. There are parts of this vocation that truly delight me, just light me up and I can tell […]
We All Belong: Youth Sunday Mini-sermon
May 12th, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche For the last few days I was doing a wedding in Seattle of a dear old friend. They finally got married after being together for 9 years! As we drove by a row of tents in downtown Seattle, the cab driver began a sort of sermon. “This is […]
Singing A New Song
Psalm 98 and Excerpts from To Bless the Space Between Us, by John O’DonohueMay 5th, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Hello again it’s beautiful to see you! I keep waiting for it to feel more summery, but I give thanks for the moisture! If you are so moved, I invite you as you are comfortable, […]
Boldness Before God: Civil Rights Pilgrimage Reflections
John 3:16-24 and Excerpts from Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation by Rosa Parks and Gregory J. ReedApril 21st, 2024Nicole M. Lamarche Thank you again for your support for some of us to do this first Civil Rights Pilgrimage! I said first on purpose because […]
Disbelieving and Still Wondering
Luke 24: 36b-48 and Doubt by Marion StrobelApril 14th, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Hello again and Happy Sunday on what is in our tradition the Third Sunday of Easter and spring is here what a gift! Wow, we made it! I invite you now to join me in a spirit of prayer. God may […]
After the Weeping
John 20:1-18 and An Excerpt from, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown*March 31st, 2024Easter Sunday10:30 a.m.By Rev. Nicole Lamarche Welcome again on this beautiful, chilly, Easter Sunday! Thank you for being here! I invite you now to take some deeper breaths, to let ourselves arrive a bit more fully, as we […]
Keep Your Heart Open to the Mystery
Mark 11:1-11 and An Excerpt from Into the Mystery: A Sending Blessing for Peg + Chuck by Jan RichardsonMarch 24th, 2024Palm10:30 a.m.By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Thank you again for being here on Palm Sunday the beginning of Holy Week! And Spring Break for many in our community!I invite you now as you are. Moved, […]
Desiring Truth
Psalm 51:1-12 and Quotes by James JoyceMarch 17th, 2024Fifth Sunday in Lent10:30 a.m.By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Thank you again for being here on this Fifth Sunday of Lent, in what is in our tradition a chance to embark upon a wilderness journey that we have been on together. Over these weeks of Lenten wandering, […]
Saved From Distress
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 and Excerpts from Hymn for the Hurting by Amanda GormanMarch 10th, 2024Fourth Sunday in Lent10:30 amBy Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Thank you again for being here on this Fourth Sunday in Lent, on this weekend of springing forward. Did everyone spring all the way? It felt like a winter wonderland on Friday! […]
Righteous Anger
John 2:13-22 and Quotes from Archbishop Desmond TutuMarch 3rd, 2024Third Sunday in Lent10:30 a.m.By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Thank you again for being here as we lean toward spring, I am so glad! Today it feels especially important to share again that in our tradition, I am merely a human, committed to tuning in and […]