Right Where We Are

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today's episode will feature Jesus Heals a Man from the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke from the Contemporary English Version. May these words be kind companions along your journey. Wherever you are we can be here together, finding our way, all the while being held by Love. 

• Matthew 8:1-4 CEV

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today's episode will feature The Lost Sheep from the books of Matthew and Luke from the Contemporary English Version. May these words be kind companions along your journey. Wherever you are we can be here together, finding our way, all the while being held by Love. 

• Matthew 18:10-14 CEV

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today's episode will feature The Calling of Matthew from the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke from the Contemporary English Version. May these words be kind companions along your journey. Wherever you are we can be here together, finding our way, all the while being held by Love. 

• Matthew 9:9 -13 CEV

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today's episode will feature The Most Important Commandment from Matthew 22:34-40, Mark 12:28-24 and Luke 10:25-37 from the Contemporary English Version. May these words be kind companions along your journey. Wherever you are we can be here together, finding our way, all the while being held by Love. 

• Matthew 22:24-40 CEV

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today's episode will feature the poem The Peace of Wild Things by Wendall Berry. May these words be kind companions along your journey. Wherever you are we can be here together, finding our way, all the while being held by Love. 

• The Peace of Wild Things by Wendall Berry

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today's episode will feature Psalm 18:28-36 from the Christian Standard Bible, verses 29-37 from The Book of Common Prayer and a portion of Psalm 18 from Nan Merrill's Psalms for Praying. This is another passage that Sumer has learned with her family and is a prayer that is often times said together before bed. Today's episode will include returning guests Delaney and Reece. May these words be kind companions along your journey. Wherever you are we can be here together, finding our way, all the while being held by Love. 

• Psalm 18:28-36 from the Christian Standard Bible, Psalm 18:29 - 37 from the Book of Common Prayer

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God as she reads Philippians 2:5-11. May these words be kind companions along your journey. Wherever you are we can be here together, finding our way, all the while being held by Love. 

• Philippians 2:5-11 from the Christian Standard Bible, Good News Translation and The Message

In this prayer series Sumer will be sharing different prayers that she turns to when she doesn't have prayers of her own. Today's episode will feature a prayer that has been adapted from an Affirmation of Faith for Advent from a local Episcopal church. Sumer will also share an excerpt from Scott Erickson's book Honest Advent. Join in for the last episode of 2023! 

• A prayer for Advent adapted from an Affirmation of Faith for Advent from St. Mark's Episcopal Church

A Prayer for Advent

In this prayer series Sumer will be sharing different prayers that she turns to when she doesn't have prayers of her own. Today's episode will feature an excerpt from Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton. If you are in need of a few quiet moments this Advent season then join in, giving yourself space to breath, connecting and listening to your inner self in the presence of Love - Emmanuel, God with us, right where we are. 

• Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton originally published in 1956

In this prayer series Sumer will be sharing different prayers that she turns to when she doesn't have prayers of her own. Today's episode will feature A Liturgy for the Ritual of Morning Coffee from the book Every Moment Holy by Douglas McKelvey. If you are in need of a few quiet moments this holiday season then join in, giving yourself space to breathe, connect and listen to your inner self in the presence of Love - Emmanuel, God with us, right where we are. 

• A Liturgy for the Ritual of Morning Coffee from Every Moment Holy by Douglas McKelvey