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July 17 2022 “A Basket of Summer Fruit”

(Scripture: Amos 8:1-12, Luke 10:38-42) Starting with the ancient metaphor of “Summer Fruit” as a summing up at a time of transition, Pastor Barbara explores the familiar story of Jesus at the house of Mary and Martha.  She finds a profound metaphor for the nature of God and for the two distinct, but inseparable roles…

May 29, 2022 “That They (We) May All Be One”

On the Sunday before Pentecost Pastor Barbara shared her long-standing fascination with the unnamed, enslaved female fortune-teller (in Acts 16: 16-34) whose actions precipitated one of the important episodes in the first days of the church. This was also only 5 days after the shooting tragedy in Uvalde TX, and Barbara addressed that too, reading…

May 8, 2022 “Eyes on the Scarred Sacred”

Nichola Torbett is a spiritual seeker, gospel preacher, podcaster, writer, resistance fomenter, dog-walker, and nonviolent direct action trainer. Driven by her passion for both spiritual formation and social change, she co-founded Seminary of the Street, a training academy for love warriors, in 2009 and Second Acts, a liturgical direct action affinity group, in 2014.  She…