Momologian Alicia Vélez Stewart

The kingdom of God is like.. ourselves here by the lakeshore in Capernaum, sitting with Jesus and the crowd which has gathered, as he teaches about the Kingdom of God and the infinite possibilities there are to experience it.

Today, we gather to explore the profound call found in 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1—a call to live authentically Christian lives which embody mercy, justice, and compassion. You know - Lives where we aren’t just speaking about how God is present in our lives, but LIVING as if we are always in the Presence of God

We have been on a bit of a pilgrimage together. We have been witness to what I like to think of as God’s love letter to Creation, as we find it in our scriptures. And throughout that love letter, there is a common theme: Presence as Love in action.

When God asks, “Who should we send?”into the world, Isaiah responds with a confident, “here I am. Send me!” Isaiah’s encounter with God offers a powerful blueprint for renewal in our churches and in our society. But we have to show up first.

Mother’s Day is a day fraught with complexity. In this prayer written by Rev. A, you are invited to lean into that complexity, and lift up the beauty and difficulty this day can bring.

Mother’s Day is complicated. So is faith. And this message from 1 Timothy is exactly the sort of message we need to hear today, as we remember the mother’s and nurturers in our lives and how we are called to the work of passing along our legacies of love.