Join us for worship and a celebration of Earth Day on Sunday the 26th. Numerous scriptures and biblical teachings show us our responsibility to this world and to each other. Come and explore this with us in church, oronline. See the bulletin for details..

April 22 is Earth Day, a time when Christians are encouraged to express their thanks for God’s glorious creation and reaffirm their commitment to holistic creation care. Here is a simple devotional exercise to help you cultivate a spirit of thanksgiving and faithfulness on Earth Day or whatever day you they choose to celebrate. Find a quiet and comfortable place for reading and mediation. Weather permitting, we encourage you to go outside or sit by a window where you can be c

Today’s Reflection In spite of the many attempts of misguided Christians to demonize the body, Christianity is a body-positive faith. We worship a Savior who had a body. And we worship in and through our bodies. —Anne Cumings, My Body Is Good: Giving Up Diet Culture and Embracing Body Positivity for Lent (Upper Room Books, 2022) Today’s Question Why do you think women especially need to hear about body positivity? Join the conversation . Today’s Scripture The voice spoke to

Today’s Reflection The term “body positivity” may be new to you. At its root, body positivity is a social movement that makes this claim: All bodies are good bodies. . . . Body positivity, in this book, is an act of radical self-love. —Anne Cumings, My Body Is Good: Giving Up Diet Culture and Embracing Body Positivity for Lent (Upper Room Books, 2022) Today’s Question Why do you think the second greatest commandment tells us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves? Join th

Today’s Reflection I became aware that there is no way for me to be a Christian without my body. It was my body that moved through that sanctuary, my body that sang the longing, penitential hymns, and my body that watched as candles flickered on the altar table. —Anne Cumings, My Body Is Good: Giving Up Diet Culture and Embracing Body Positivity for Lent (Upper Room Books, 2022) Today’s Question Why do you think so many of the church’s rituals involve bodily gestures such as

Today’s Reflection When we surrender our lives to Christ, we have a new guide who leads us in the way of love. We enter a life of giving away the rich gifts that come to us instead of trying to hoard and control them. —J. David Muyskens, Forty Days to a Closer Walk with God: The Practice of Centering Prayer (Upper Room Books, 2006) Today’s Question What “rich gifts” have you given away for the sake of following Christ? Are there any you should give away now? Today’s Scripture

Today’s Reflection Our prayer gives consent to the presence and interior work of the Spirit. We are unaware of this work in the periods of Centering Prayer, but its effects become evident in the rest of life. —J. David Muyskens, Forty Days to a Closer Walk with God: The Practice of Centering Prayer (Upper Room Books, 2006) Today’s Question Are you aware of what God is doing in your life through centering prayer? What do you think God may be up to? Join the conversation . Toda

Today’s Reflection Treating my body as part of the gift of grace has become a spiritual discipline. I had to stop demanding perfection from my body and instead lean into kindness and love for this vessel God gave me. —Caroline Vogel, As Yourself: The Sacred Work of Embodying Grace (Upper Room Books, 2026) Today’s Question God makes and remakes us as we learn and grow. How have you come to accept yourself as a vessel that is not fully perfected? Today’s Scripture The vessel h

Today’s Reflection The only condition . . . in petitionary prayer is that we stay on in prayer until the little things give way to the big things. We must stay on until we wrestle these trifling matters out. —Douglas V. Steere, Dimensions of Prayer: Cultivating a Relationship with God (Upper Room Books, 2002) Today’s Question Have you ever wrestled with God in prayer? What did it feel like? What was the outcome? Today’s Scripture Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is brea