Beauty surrounds us – and in noticing, we enter a sacred act of what I call prayer – connecting what we hold within to all of that which is beyond. We pray to pebbles, to dandelions, to the irises simply by pausing in appreciation, by offering an intentional moment of gratitude, by allowing a space for the love and the wonder and…

    Love is inherent in each of us. This Sunday, we explore love, not as something we direct at or receive from one another, but as a state of being in the world.  With pure love, our actions are guided, not with an expectation of anything in return, but simply to offer goodness and beauty to all that surrounds us.  Instead of responding to others…

Together, we will pause and contemplate the most vulnerable of human emotions – love. Love opens us up to heartbreak and sorrow, just as it welcomes beauty and harmony. It is a call for affection and intimacy, just as it is a call for peace and justice. Yet, before we offer love, we need to cultivate the ability to love from within ourselves. This Sunday, we ask, how…