Welcome the Children

:: A Sermon on Mark 9:30-37 ::

In the face of all the tragedy in today’s world…we, like the disciples, may not understand. We may have our priorities backwards. We may be too afraid or ashamed to ask the questions of our hearts. We, too, can be paralyzed, retreating into apathy.

Gathering with others who see the hurt of the world and the hurt in our own lives gives us a chance to process and to mourn and to find new life. The rituals and traditions we enact serve as containers for our grief, providing safe space...

Call SearchJess FisherSeptember 21, 2015Church of the Pilgrimswelcome, children, community organizing, mark 9, sermon, theology, david lamotte, refugeesComment

An Identity: Liturgical Artist

We are always trying to fit in, label ourselves, define our role. Our identity can be based on defining ourselves against something else - "I don't know what I am, but I know I'm not that." It almost becomes a process of elimination as we go through life. But once in a while, we find it. The right word, the right paradigm, the glove that fits. And we know...

Call Search, Liturgical ArtJess FisherJanuary 27, 2014welcome, call, personal, about, artistComment