Posts by Erin McGaughan
Sunday Service Podcast October 17th – The Radical Truth of Relationships
“You are in relationship to everything, seen and unseen. Since the Divine is everything and everyone, all of your relationships are aspects of your relationship to God.” Gues Speaker Rev. Eric Odel finishes our series on The Alchemy of Relationships. He uses material from great spiritual masters including Ernest Homes and Emily Cady, along with…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast October 10th – The Way of Friendship
“The Alchemy of Relationship takes the lead of separation and transforms it into oneness and love.” Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig returns from her trip to Greece to speak to our current series on the Alchemy of Relationship. She focuses mostly on the type of love characterized in scripture as Phileo – brotherly/sisterly love –…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast October 3rd – Alchemy of Relationship
“I think if we’re doing relationships right, then it’s a little bit of both: a little bit of nurture, a little bit of challenge, a perfect kind of mix.” Associate Minister Diane Robertson continues in our series on The Alchemy of Relationships. She enlists the testimony of Carl Woestwin and Marcia Rutan, and highlights how…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast September 26th – Michael Bogar
“Alchemy means ‘the pouring’ so the idea is pouring things together and mixing them up so that you have something entirely different after it’s all stirred. So the Alchemy of Relationship has behind it the notion… that this cosmos is the mixing bowl.” Guest speaker Michael Bogar returns to kick off our series on The…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast September 19th – Rev. Judith Laxer
“Pagans follow what we call the Wheel of the Year, which is our cyclical model for the passing of time. We don’t see time as linear, we see it as cyclical. And hopefully as we go, year after we year, we ascend and evolve and become better human beings. ” Guest speaker Rev. Judith Laxer…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast September 12th – Ann Holmes Redding
“When we as a community take on this notion of service as an attribute, very often we take it on from the side of privilege. We take it on from the side of ‘we have something to give’. And, with that, in the back of our minds sometimes is this kind of shadow of shame.…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast September 5th – Alchemy of Service II
“I do this instead of complaining, because now I feel like I’m building hope — hope for the homeless individuals, their families and our city, and I also restoring my own hope that through acts of service small groups of dedicated people can help change the world.” Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig quotes Board member…
Read MoreWorship Arts Blog
Call for Feedback! Worship Arts Director Erin McGaughan is looking for your input, as we plan (and budget) for the future. Hello church family I need your feedback and ideas! Any feedback is welcome, but here are some brain-storm starters: What elements of the Sunday services have really been working great this summer, as we’ve…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast August 29th – The Alchemy of Service
“If you’re doing dishes you’re doing God’s dishes. If you sweep the walk, you’re sweeping God’s walk. When you feed a homeless person, as Mother Theresa did, yes? You’re feeding God.” Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig returns to start this new series on the Alchemy of Service. She cites stories from history, everyday life, and…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast August 22nd – with Rev. Meghan Smith-Brooks
“You know those old world maps, with the terra incognito, where it had the world as we knew it was defined, and then it had all the scary monsters and the dragons on the outside, and you’re not supposed to go there? No, we’re supposed to go there.” Guest speaker Rev. Meghan Smith-Brooks gives a…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast August 15th – Goodwill
“You know, then, that you are a force that can help heal the planet, that can help heal any situation in your life. ” Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig finishes the series on Courage, by exploring the concept of Will – human will, divine will, and how we conceptualize them. She introduces a central New Thought…
Read MoreSunday Service Podcast August 8th – Center Stage
“So we have this divine spark, this divinity, this light within. And our job, if you will, is to let that light shine and to express it here on this earth. ” Senior Minister Rev. Karen Lindvig continues the series on Courage, this time inviting us to let ourselves be seen for who and what…
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