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When you hear someone say, “God is not just our father, but also our mother,” what comes up for you? On the third Sunday after Pentecost, Vanessa Maleare walks us through passages throughout scripture, to birth maternal images in our imagination and experience of God [John 3:3-8].
 
Reflection
Is there a part of yourself you need to reintegrate for wholeness?
How can you imagine God as your mother comforting you today?
 
Resources
Book: This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

What might we need to let go of in order for our community to be reborn? On Pentecost Sunday, Eugene Kim invites us to experience God in each of us, churches as relationships rather than institutions, and to understand our main job as love  [Acts 2:1-4]
 
Reflection
What do you see and hear of God within you?
What do you see and hear of God in the people around you?
What do you see and hear of God in community — the space between us?
Resources
Article: Letting Go of What We Have Known by Barbara Holmeshttps://cac.org/daily-meditations/letting-go-of-what-we-have-known-2023-05-04/ 

Book: The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

In our journey to move towards flourishing, what are the less traveled paths we’re invited to walk on and through? On this seventh Sunday of Easter, Weylin Lee companions us down a spiritual path that delights in freedom, consents to the Creator, and is revealed over time.  [Psalm 1]
 
Reflection
Where might you practice delight in the pursuit of liberation and freedom?
What is a practice of consent that you are sensing in your journey?
How are you invited to travel a path that the divine is still revealing?
Resources
Book: An Asian American Theology of Liberation by Wong Tian An

On this sixth Sunday of Easter, Christopher Mack wonders what it means for us to make an intimate, safe, and revolutionary home by mirroring Christ’s Love.

When you think of baptism, what comes to mind? On this fifth Sunday of Easter, Kimberly Culbertson explores the inner commitment, public declaration, and the mystery of baptism in Christian spirituality . [Acts 8:26-38]
 
Reflection
 Are there areas in your life where you need to practice agency, repentance, or return?
How does the embodied experience of baptism fit into your story? How might you incorporate kinesthetic rituals into your spiritual practice? 
Where might you need to lean into community for witness, support, or celebration? Where might you step up to provide this kind of community?
Resources
Book: This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories Make Us  by Cole Arthur Riley

Who is someone who makes you feel safe? On this Good Shepherd Sunday, Kelly Cutbirth leads us through practices that ground us in the goodness of God’s companioning presence. [Psalm 23]
 
Reflection
What familiar advice do you often ignore?
What practices help you find a sense of safety and rest?
How does the Shepherd’s promise of mercy and goodness, even in the midst of life’s challenges and hardships, feel to you?
 
Resources
Book: Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie
Book: What Is God Like? by Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner