It has often been said that we are Easter Sunday people in a Good Friday world. As more and more of us lose that confidence, how does our understanding of … Continue reading Worship: “Resisting Despair”

Rev. Aija Simpson preaching with worship associate Molly Wilkinson. What does it mean to have an identity? What if the identity you are assigned isn’t yours? Trans Visibility

Where can we find safety? Where can we find peace?  Rev. Aija Simpson preaching with worship associate Gisela Roethke.

What about our past inspires us? Whose dreams are we fulfilling?   Rev. Aija Simpson preaching with worship associate Cathy Dewalt.

Rev. Aija Simpson preaches her last service before beginning her sabbatical leave with worship associates Michele Burton and Rev. Dr. Kathy Ellis. Music Director David M. Glasgow provides service music, and the choir sings an exhilarating new take on a Sondheim-Bernstein collaboration.

What does it mean to be passed over? When is it a good thing to be ignored? Rev. Aija Simpson preaches for this multi-gen service with worship associate Julie Ham. Marc Renault provides service music on guitar.

How do we imagine an unresurrected Christ?  How do we imagine Easter without Jesus?  Rev. Aija Simpson preaching with worship associate Christin Kapp.  Music Director David M. Glasgow provides service music, and the choir sings about multiple Jesuses.

As we come upon the Spring equinox, we ask, what does it mean to be in balance? Rev. Aija Simpson preaching with worship associates Rachel Teates and Rev. Dr. Kathy Ellis.

Where we plant our feet matters. And when we change our place, sometimes we change our faith.  Rev. Aija Simpson preaching with worship associate Gisela Roethke.

“Why Do Goddesses Have Names?”  What does it mean to have a personified diety/embodiment, spirituality in our bodies?  Rev. Aija Simpson preaching with worship associate Emily Crutcher.