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God Breaks In

Posted on by Kristin Gorton
In this morning’s reading, I love Isaiah’s reference to God: “Thus says God… who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it…” (Isaiah 42:5). God Created. Stretched. Spread out. God gave breath, and spirit. This is an active, Living Presence. I can imagine God still actively pulling, stretching, and pouring forth Holy Love, wrapped around and through the cosmos today. As materials stretch, they thin, bringing God even closer. I invite you to imagine a famil...
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Thresholds: Border places…

Posted on by Kristin Gorton
“Borders” have been in the news a lot. As I read this week’s scripture passages, and drove around our community this week… visited people in their homes, met with people here at church, and at a local school… and showed up at for an interreligious vigil on Saturday at the Capitol, I kept thinking of all the borders we encounter each and every day. Borders can be… places of energy… but borders can also feel threatening… disturbing… dangerous… Thresholds. Places of crossing over. Spaces into which we go that are different than what was before.  Doorways are one such demarcation betw...
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