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Or if you’re a leader trying to create inspiring, creative, transforming worship… looking for music and liturgies that reflect a more open, affirming, inclusive, justice-building, anti-racist and “progressive” Christianity… searching for new, theologically-rich ways to help others express faith and doubt and experience a God who loves everyone on this incorrigibly plural planet…

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May 4, 2022

Reflecting on a wedding ritual

May 4, 2022

Wedding rituals matter. However, the actual ritual - the words we say, the actions we perform, how we gather together - can too often get lost in the shuffle. As we enter into wedding season (yes, the most popular months to get married are May to October) here is a story about the wedding created many years ago by Plural Guild founders, Lenora and Gary Rand,

May 4, 2022

Apr 4, 2021

What’s Easter all about? Here’s one“Big Reveal.”

Apr 4, 2021

Easter - it’s the biggest day of the year in the Christian liturgical calendar. If this day is not just about chocolate bunnies and Easter Egg Hunts, what is it about? Have you ever wondered what it all means? And why it matters? If so, you’re not alone. And this answer might be an Easter surprise.

Apr 4, 2021

Dec 28, 2020

The unexpected lesson Christina Rosetti’s Christmas carol “In the Bleak Midwinter” taught me this year.

Dec 28, 2020

The Christmas season can be hard on a lot of us. We can find ourselves caught in the disease of not-enoughness that is so prevalent in our time. But this carol, from a time over a hundred years ago, has some wisdom that can make a difference for all of us right now.

Dec 28, 2020

Sep 6, 2020

Reclaiming meditation as a way to find some solid ground.

Sep 6, 2020

When you’re working for a better world, sometimes it’s hard to take care of yourself and stay grounded. Leslie Michele of The Many talks about discovering…and in a sense…reclaiming meditation as a way to do that.

Sep 6, 2020

Mar 14, 2020

An alternative way to Pass the Peace…for the kind of world we’re living in now.

Mar 14, 2020

When we’re social distancing, how do we continue to experience all that this ancient ritual of peace-giving and peace-receiving means for us? What about embracing movement and gesture?

Mar 14, 2020

Jul 13, 2019

Maybe what we need right now is a new Sunday School Movement.

Jul 13, 2019

What if all current and former Sunday School teachers decided to care for all the kids that need us in America right now? The immigrants and refugees…

Jul 13, 2019

Mar 2, 2019

Why practice Lent? Because everything is broken.

Mar 2, 2019

When everything feels broken, in our world, our country…yes, even in the church…and often in our own ives or the lives of people close to us, what good could it possibly do to practice Lent this year?

Mar 2, 2019