Seeing What Matters
Jesus said – I give you a new commandment – love one another as I have loved you. But this isn’t new is it? The prophets have told us...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jan 28, 2019
- 3 min
When we're excited and scared!
"The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor, release to the captives, sight to the blind and freedom to the oppressed! Today...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jan 13, 2019
- 3 min
Unconditional Love
“As the people were filled with expectation….” Spending time with the opening to this morning’s gospel I couldn’t help but wonder how...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Dec 24, 2018
- 4 min
Love Came Down at Christmas
Love came down at Christmas. Love all lovely, love Divine. Love was born at Christmas Star and angels gave the sign. - Christina...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jul 23, 2018
- 5 min
Our Shadow Sides
St. Paul had an experience of God – a dramatic one (Gal 1, Acts 9, 2 Cor 12) – where he was reminded that God loves him. Despite the...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jul 17, 2018
- 6 min
Good News: Real & Messy
I was asked this week – What industry do you work in? To which I answered – the good news of forgiveness industry – frankly – a much...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jul 8, 2018
- 6 min
God's Good Enough Grace
“For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength” (1 Cor 1:25) In the earlier letter...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jul 1, 2018
- 6 min
Wholesome Healing of God
What is your favorite sandwich? Not the gospel-prompting question you were probably expecting this morning perhaps? So, what is it? Me...
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The Rt. Rev. John L. Rabb
- Jun 26, 2018
- 4 min
Hey kid? Whatcha Got in that Bag?
It was, no doubt, laughable to Goliath and the Philistines when David, the ruddy, little shepherd kid, arrived to do battle. He tells...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jun 19, 2018
- 5 min
The Weeds at Work in God's Garden
Have any of you done any weeding lately? I was doing some this week. I am not a master gardener – I’m not even sure I would refer to...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jun 11, 2018
- 7 min
Crazy Love
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jun 7, 2018
- 3 min
Spirit-led Transitions
Do you know what a “transition warning” is? It’s a phrase I was taught way-back-when to let my toddler-age daughter know that something...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- May 22, 2018
- 5 min
Living into Our Beliefs
When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- May 7, 2018
- 7 min
Abide
View from La Verna near Assisi, Italy Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love." -...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Feb 4, 2018
- 6 min
God Serves Us First
Were we to have a baptism today – we would join together in making a promise - to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jan 8, 2018
- 5 min
In Praise of Wonder
Can you remember the last time you gazed at something – or someone – in wonder? When was the last time you enjoyed that suspended feeling...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Dec 18, 2017
- 6 min
Give Your Witness
Perhaps the most interesting thing about John the Baptist in the Gospel of John (different John) is that he doesn’t actually baptize...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Nov 19, 2017
- 6 min
What is Your Picture of God?
A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they drew pictures. Occasionally, she would walk around the room to...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Sep 11, 2017
- 6 min
Mad Men (or how not to be)
Click the image to listen to the sermon. Despite the storms in our world right now, this morning’s gospel doesn’t deal with catastrophic...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Aug 30, 2017
- 2 min
Original Blessing, Not Sin, Came First
In the beginning...familiar words from the opening of Genesis, scripture’s first revelation of a loving God who breathes and speaks all...
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