Momologian Alicia Vélez Stewart

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.

Loving like Jesus: Love One Another

This week was a monumental one in the life of the world-wide UMC. With all the changes, many are asking, “So where does this leave us?“ Well, Beloved, the scripture for today gives us the answer to the “now what?” question for us and our church: We continue to love.

Welcome to week 3 in our series “Living Like Jesus.” This week we are on the topic of living in a way that speaks to our Love of God.

Now, after a number of conversations - and I am not just saying that! I HAVE had a number of conversations - about how we engage the text in worship vs. Bible study, and how some folks wish we could have a moment in worship that is LIKE our Bible studies vs. a sermon that can feel like I am talking AT y’all, we are going to give that a try this week.

How do we know we are “doing the thing-“ that thing being living like Jesus? By living LOVE in a world which seems to thrive on something else entirely.

So often in our churches we participate in the intellectual exercises of faith and belief, but what about the practical side of things? This week we explore how to live like Jesus, and dig into what it means to “live hope,” as one way of doing so.