Affirmation #1 We believe that our spiritual invitation is to follow the example of Jewish teacher, Palestinian refugee, and poor person, Jesus: to live in community; to share our resources; to centralize the stories of poor people, children, and people of marginalized genders; to turn power structures on their heads. We honor all teachers who show us how to defy abusive structures and how to co-create expansive ways of living.  We believe in rooting out the holds that the systemic sins of white supremacy, cisheterosexism, misogyny, ableism, fatphobia, and Christian supremacy have on our...

How precious, how fragile, how short is life! Our lives are but a breath. The Divine brings us into being, weaves our lives together, and ushers us into eternal rest. Blessed are the Sacred rhythms of life and holy are these tasks: to be alive, to pay attention, to honor the fleeting with awe and care. When the way is difficult and dangerous, let us still choose what is good and just. When evil comes to break us down and break us apart, let us still choose to carry on with each other. When power from on high strikes fear in our hearts, let us still choose the courage to persist. For we know...

Communion for Broken and Blessed Bodies The fortitude of the Holy be with you And also with you We bring our Sacred Bodies to the Beloved It is healing to bring our Whole Selves to God Let us give thanks to God who cares about our fleshly flourishing; To the Spirit who joins us in our suffering and redemption God, we come to your table of Mystery, holding the heartbreaking and the hopeful in the same handful. We gather to remember your teaching, your suffering, and your example of new life. As we remember your body, broken, we honor the suffering of our own beloved bodies too. From the...