Doing Battle Where We Are Standing
Mark 12:38-44 and Excerpts from Sister Outsider: Essays and Speechesby Audre LordeSunday November 10th, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche I invite you to join me in a spirit of prayer from Psalm 19. Gracious God, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable in your sight. Our Rock and our […]
Being Unbound
John 11:32-44 and Freedom by Langston Hughes November 3rd, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again on this All Saints Sunday! If you are so moved, I invite you now to take some deeper breaths, letting ourselves arrive. I offer this prayer as we are all held by these ancient words from Psalm 19: God may the words […]
What Do You Want?
Mark 10:46-52 and Words from Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi October 27th, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Thank you again for showing up here today for yourself, for Spirit, for one another, for the world we all want. Just a reminder that next weekend is Daylight Savings. We get an extra hour when we fall back! I hope […]
Take Only What You Need
October 13By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Mark 10:17-31 and an Excerpt from “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific knowledge and the Teaching of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer Welcome again in whatever shape you are in, whether you are joining online or in person, whether you feel like you are falling apart or have it together, […]
Integrity
October 6, 2024Psalm 26An Excerpt from Integrity by Adrienne RichOctober 6th, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again on this most beautiful day! Aren’t we so lucky to live here! Welcome to all who are gathering online! What a gift that we can tune in in so many ways! Today I will offer more like […]
Drawing Near
James 3:16 – 4:3, 7-8a andBeing a Person by William StaffordSeptember 22nd, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche When I sit down to write, I always wonder who will be here to hear what I am putting together, so thank you again for showing up for yourself, to Spirit, to one another. For Spirit. As we […]
Healing our Wounds
It is so good to be back among you! I read a lot! I slept a lot, I watched five seasons of the West Wing. I am almost done rewatching the whole thing. That’s such a good show! I heard other people preach and I worshiped way out of my comfort zone and experienced awe […]
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, […]