By Roger Mock I don’t get to the ocean nearly often enough, that’s for sure. But when I do, as I was able to recently, it is always a kind of homecoming. To stand on the shell-strewn shore and to experience both immensity and peace in the same moment; to smell and taste the salt…
by Roger Mock Looking at the photo above, which of these words would you say best applies to this image: sacred or scared? You would undoubtedly choose sacred, right? There is an incredible sense of both tranquility and majesty in this palatial landscape, and a feeling from the figure in the foreground of great spiritual…
by Roger Mock Rev. Crystal and I were talking yesterday about her upcoming talk this Sunday on the Divine Mother. She pointed out that our core experience of God—of that which brought us into being and nurtures and cares for us and loves us with an all-encompassing love—must necessarily emanate from our experience in the…
by Rev. Crystal Muldrow As I write this article, I look out on grey skies and rain trying to decide if it will turn to snow. Yes, the weather is doing its transformation dance between winter and spring. It is making the decision to come out of slumber…to release old life and allow new life to…
by Roger Mock Lorre Wyatt wrote this little bi-lingual song called Somos El Barco some years ago. Here’s the first verse and chorus: The stream sings it to the river, The river sings it to the sea, The sea sings it to the boat That carries you and me. Somos el barco, somos el mar,…
let me count the ways… by Roger Mock Well, apparently there are four possibilities. At least in ancient Greek there are four words given for love. They are: storge to describe familial love, philia to describe love for a friend, eros for sensual love and—the word for love we hear Jesus use most often in the…
By John Daubney For those of us who tend to be on the shy side, getting involved in service can definitely be cathartic. There is something powerfully ascendant about breaking through that protective shell of protection and doing something we haven’t done before. We are all so much more than we think we are…
by Roger Mock Each week when I sit down to plan our weekly “OneSong” multi-faith music service, the first step is to choose a focus or theme. I’ve learned not to hem and haw over this if no obvious seasonal theme or religious observance presents itself, and just choose whatever comes to mind or catches my…
by Rev. Crystal Muldrow On Sunday, September 17th, I looked at my Facebook Newsfeed and saw a “Memory,” a historical account of pictures, comments and shares that I had posted from previous years on that day. It was a picture I’d taken during a flight of the sun rising. At first, I was perplexed as…
by John Daubney Service to others can be a wonderful way of discovering more of the unique, God-given gifts we each possess, along with uncovering the passion we each have for certain types of activities. John is someone who has certainly accomplished that. His deep desire for wanting to make a difference in people’s lives has created a healthy…