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11 Dec Signs of Fruitfulness
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It is December, and the assignment is to "Look up -- for signs of fruitfulness and new life." But it is December! Fires have burned the hillsides; plants are dormant; animals are seeking shelter from the rain and cold. And yet -- . And yet, I am...
11 Dec Bearing and Preparing for the Beloved Community
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About ten years ago I read an article about a pastor in the Brazil who filled Copacabana Beach with small crosses. Each of the thousands of crosses represented a victim of gun violence, primarily from the shantytown communities of Rio de Janeiro called “favelas”. This...
08 Dec What I’ve Learned as a Children’s Pastor
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Sunday, December 8, 2019 Pastor Kathy Cannon...
08 Dec Advent Week 5 – Weekly Practice
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Each week you will find here a new practice encouraging us to “look up” from the ordinary chaos and mundane routines that keep up from seeing God’s goodness and promise breaking in all around us. . LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES: This week, should we find ourselves feeling fatigued...
04 Dec Look for a Trail – Isaiah 2:1-5
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Diana: John, we’ve been on many trails together. Which one is the oddest one? . John: You told me that you couldn’t marry anyone who was not a Methodist minister. . Diana: Yeah. That was strong, right? . John: Yes. Overly strong, I thought. But I dutifully went off to seminary,...
01 Dec Advent Week 4 – Weekly Practice
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Each week you will find here a new practice encouraging us to “look up” from the ordinary chaos and mundane routines that keep up from seeing God’s goodness and promise breaking in all around us. . LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES: In the busyness of this season, we might...
27 Nov Taking It One Day At A Time
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Last Sunday, we held Westwood’s annual Thanksgiving Lunch. Once again, it was a great day of food and community, of friends and conversation, of laughter and thankfulness! As I was driving home, it struck me that Thanksgiving is this week and, for many of us, is the kick-off of...
24 Nov Look for the Messengers
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Sunday, November 24, 2019 Rev. Darin Arntson...
24 Nov Advent Week 3 – Weekly Practice
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Each week you will find here a new practice encouraging us to “look up” from the ordinary chaos and mundane routines that keep up from seeing God’s goodness and promise breaking in all around us. . MESSENGERS FROM GOD: This week, if we lose sight of God's...