The Gathering

What is the incarnation? Where the divine meets the ordinary.
The ordinary is the proper setting for something great to happen. That is the very essence of the Incarnation.

What is possible from one single yes?
Like Mary's yes to the Angel's question, we can answer yes to the nudging from the Holy Spirit.

Who are you listening to? Who listens to you?
Witness: someone who shares information that another may not see.

It's easy to become lost like the sheep. We "nibble our way lost"--a little at a time.

See the mess, yet see the potential.

Gratitude may be the purest measure of our character.

Church gives you a community in which to live out your faith and values.

The church is meant to be a community, not an institutional bully.

"People outside and inside the Church get the same message, the same offer, same promise through Christ, from God.
People outside of the church age 16-30 think of church as anti-gay, judgmental, hypocritical.
Sad reality is that this is not a false impression - this is often reality of the church. If so, then the church that is charged with proclaiming God’s love for the world is actually obscuring God from the world. Church that should be known for love and grace, instead is known for judgment and condemnation. The church is damaging those it was intended to love.
The church is called to be love made known to the world."