For the Common Good
1 Corinthians 12:1-11 and Excerpts from the Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963 January 19th, 2025By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again! I ditched my beautiful Sunday shoes today and I have got my boots on! It’s so beautiful, this blanketed white. Welcome again may you […]
Setting Out
Matthew 2:1-12 and an excerpt from The Neville Collection: All the Books of a Modern Master by Neville GoddardJanuary 5th, 2025By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche I am noting this coming week will be starting my sixth year with you all… Just a reminder for all of us that whatever you are bringing in the room today, […]
Christmas Eve Service
December 24th , 2024 7 p.m. Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche In those days…that’s how the story begins in the Gospel of Luke. In those days of Emperors and authoritative orders, in those days of decrees and greed, in those days of government leading with a clenched fist, dominating, and regulating bodies and livelihoods, squeezing the poor […]
According to Promises Made to Our Ancestors
Luke 1:46b-55 and Ancestors by Ada Limón December 22nd, 2024 By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again on what is in our expression of Christianity fourth and final Sunday in Advent. And I know I am not the only one who feels so grateful to be held by rituals, where we mark time together, the […]
Let Your Gentleness Be Known
Philippians 4:4–7 and an Excerpt from Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler December 15th, 2024By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again to what is in our tradition the third Sunday in Advent. Welcome whatever you are bringing, in whatever shape you are in. Thank you for showing up for yourself, for others, for […]
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 […]