April 21, 2019 - Rise Up

So often we are so tied up in knots by our fears, our heartache, and our attachments to certain ways of doing things that we don’t recognize the promise of transformation that is right in front of us. The invitation into new life doesn’t match the story line we are looping over and over again in our head. The religious life asks us to move deeper and wider than the repeated story line of either/or, good or bad, in or out. Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön says: “Feel the feelings, drop the story line.” How might this spiritual practice resurrect our lives? How might we open ourselves to the unexpected bits of grace that intersect with our lives everyday? How are we called to rise up? Worship Associate: Daryn Woodson Message for All Ages: Road to Emmaus; Luke 24:13-33, adapted by Ruth MacKenzie Sermon: Rev. Ruth MacKenzie