Get Up
Matthew 17:1-9 and an excerpt from The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda GormanSunday March 1, 2026First Sunday in Lent Good morning and welcome again! I really needed to be here today! Thank you again for the privilege of your time. I invite you now to take some deeper breaths […]
Shedding All It Did Not Need
Matthew 4:1-11 and Wilderness Blessing by Jan Richardson Hi everybody! Thanks again for being here. Thank you for the privilege of your time. I invite you to join me in a spirit of prayer. May we all receive whatever we need to today. Gracious God, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my […]
Blessed Are
Matthew 5:1-12 They left Fort Worth Texas on October 26th starting a 2,300 mile adventure, well really a pilgrimage walking day by day, making their way to Washington D.C. There are 19 to 24 depending on the day, who walk at a time and they are Vietnamese and Thai Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center and they […]
Knit Together
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Excerpts from Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer January 25, 2026 We have been cast out of existing structures, that’s the phrase Czech playwright, poet, and political organizer Vaclav Havel used when he was writing about living under the fall of his government. And it feels […]
Reach for the Neither
Thank you again for being here! As you are moved, I invite you to join me in a spirit of prayer. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in your sight our Rock and Our Redeemer. Amen. With a ball of crumpled tissues in my lap, I […]
Making Joyful Noises
Psalm 98 From Psalms for Praying by Nan C. Merrill and Joy is the Justice (We Give Ourselves) by J. Drew LanhamNovember 9, 2025 It’s so perfect that we have all of these joyful noises! Thank you all for showing up for each other. I invite you now to take some deeper breaths with me […]
Stumble Rightly
Luke 18:9-14 and Stumble by David WhyteOctober 26, 2025By Rev. Nicole Lamarche I invite you to take some deeper breaths….Remembering again that one of the oldest names for God is Ruah, Spirit, Breath, I invite you to breathe in peace, breathe fear, breathe in hope, breathe out hopelessness… As you are moved, I invite you […]
In God’s Image
Genesis 1:27 and Galatians 3:28 Excerpts from The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin October 12, 2025By Rev. Nicole Lamarche As you know I love reminding us that one of the oldest names we have for God is Ruah, wind, breath so may we never get disconnected from our breath… I invite you to breathe in peace, […]
Our Interior Castle
Psalm 37:1-9 Excerpts from “The Interior Castle” by Teresa of Avila October 5, 2025By Nicole M. Lamarche Thank you again for being here on this beautiful day. What a gift that you showed up for each other. Let us now as we are moved to take some deeper breaths with me. We breathe in peace and breathe […]
Do Good
1 Timothy 6:6-19 Excerpt from You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson September 28, 2025By Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again with whatever you are carrying, may this be a time to receiver whatever you need to. I invite you to take some deeper breaths with me. We breathe in peace and breathe out worry, we breathe in […]