An Embodied Faith: The Mystical Body
The body is one of the central images in Christianity. Jesus Christ is the embodiment–the incarnation–of God. Paul imagines the church as the Body of Christ. Our tradition clearly loves bodies–and yet somehow Christianity became known as a religion that feared and discounted the body. We will explore the role of bodies in the Christian […]
An Embodied Faith: The Earth as the Body of God
The body is one of the central images in Christianity. Jesus Christ is the embodiment–the incarnation–of God. Paul imagines the church as the Body of Christ. Our tradition clearly loves bodies–and yet somehow Christianity became known as a religion that feared and discounted the body. We will explore the role of bodies in the Christian […]
An Embodied Faith: The Body of Christ
The body is one of the central images in Christianity. Jesus Christ is the embodiment–the incarnation–of God. Paul imagines the church as the Body of Christ. Our tradition clearly loves bodies–and yet somehow Christianity became known as a religion that feared and discounted the body. We will explore the role of bodies in the Christian […]
An Embodied Faith: The Individual Body
The body is one of the central images in Christianity. Jesus Christ is the embodiment–the incarnation–of God. Paul imagines the church as the Body of Christ. Our tradition clearly loves bodies–and yet somehow Christianity became known as a religion that feared and discounted the body. We will explore the role of bodies in the Christian […]
Re-boot: Prayer
Throughout June and July, as we return to in-person worship and begin new rhythms for life after quarantine, the NDPC community will focus on “re-booting” our basic operating system for the Christian life: worship and prayer and storytelling and hospitality and justice and wonder and forgiveness. This Sunday, we talk about the importance of prayer. Is […]
Re-boot: Sabbath
Throughout June and July, as we return to in-person worship and begin new rhythms for life after quarantine, the NDPC community will focus on “re-booting” our basic operating system for the Christian life: worship and prayer and storytelling and hospitality and justice and wonder and forgiveness. This Sunday, we talk about the importance of sabbath-keeping. In […]
Re-boot: Ritual
Throughout June and July, as we return to in-person worship and begin new rhythms for life after quarantine, the NDPC community will focus on “re-booting” our basic operating system for the Christian life: worship and prayer and storytelling and hospitality and justice and wonder and forgiveness. This Sunday, we talk about the importance of ritual, […]
Re-Boot Your Faith
You know when your computer has been running for a long time and it starts getting slow and you get that little spinning wheel and it feels like you should just throw the whole darn thing in the garbage? That’s been me–my life–during quarantine. Sometimes the best thing is to shut it all down and […]
How Do I Love?
How Do I Love? Many of you have been extensively trained. Most of you had more than a decade of “formal” classroom education. You trained for your work so that you could learn the precise skills you need to do it well. You practiced a sport for hours under the supervision of a coach, or […]
God is Love
“God is love.” It is one of the simplest, most impactful, most misunderstood, and most ignored teachings in Scripture. This Sunday, Rev. Lewicki explores this fascinating passage from 1 John 4 and what it means for our lives to affirm the claim that God is love. Click here to view the worship bulletin