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This Man Spent 4 Years Growing A Living Church Out Of Trees In His Backyard

The Results Will Blow You Away.

Brian Cox from New Zealand spent 4 years transforming his backyard into a living church.

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Ecumenism

From the Celebrating Mystery collection

Until we discern the riches of the other tradition, any union will simply be a matter of absorption.
Uniting two traditions can create a space where a third and more life- giving form of spirituality can emerge.

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Along the Way

The professor and mountaineer Ernest Gellner told of how he once became lost. No matter how he tried to follow his map, he could not find his way down the mountain. Then he realized that his map was of the wrong mountain.

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Prayer

Lord, hear our prayers, those deep, unformed urgings that lead us into your presence.

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Remembrance/Peace Sunday

From the Festive Worship collection

If we are unwilling to learn from history, we commit ourselves to reliving the mistakes of our ancestors.

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Gaining Peace

I grow
Faith in forgiveness
When willing

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Litany

One: May God the World Maker bless you;
Many: Let us delight in sunlight and starlight and surprises of the turning earth.

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Worship Materials: Wholeness and Healing

From the Celebrating Mystery collection

Wholeness is a process rather than a static state: it is not an end to the journey but the journey itself.

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Simply Held

From the book THE RHYTHM OF STILLNESS

A marvelous mystery
the eternal embrace
always there
enfolding
infusing

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For Fullness

Open my heart,
Pure Healing Power
To remove emotional pain;
Open this heart
Pure Healing Power
Again, again, again

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Worship Materials: Aging

From the Celebrating Mystery collection

Unlike our bodies our spirits need not be wearied by age but can become more and more lively day by day. To grow in spirit requires a vision that holds all things together.

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Lead Me On

From the book THE RHYTHM OF STILLNESS

Take me as I am.
Lead me on.
Lead me on
through the night of mystery
into the morning song.

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Worship Materials: Remembrance of the Dead

From the Celebrating Mystery collection

Remembering our ancestors gives life to ourselves and also to them, for we are our ancestors and they are us.

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What would happen if

From the book THE RHYTHM OF STILLNESS

What would happen if
I took my heavy insecurities
and slashed them into pieces
sewing them back together
into a lightweight, carefree cardigan?

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What went wrong?

What went wrong? Oh, what went wrong?

I sought to be humble
But boasted

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Worship Materials: Mystery, Mysticism

From the Celebrating Mystery collection

To look into the eyes of your beloved is to experience a mystery which the eye cannot discern.
There is no second hand mystery. Descriptions of it are a poor substitute for the experience.

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Mystery Lane

I don’t want
all the answers
for what if the answers
are wrong?

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Worship Materials: Celebrating the Cosmic Processes

From the Celebrating Mystery collection

“I GREET THAT OF THE COSMOS WITHIN YOU”

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