I wrote about communion in the Wicker Park Grace e-newsletter this week. It’s so important that I want to repeat it here. As a pastor, I have struggled with how to interpret communion and how to practice it in a community deeply committed to radical inclusion. In many times and places, communion has been interpreted …
Category: Liturgy
Liturgy is “the work of the people” doing spiritual practices together. These posts cover creative liturgies I’ve used, found, or developed.
New Video Glimpse of Wicker Park Grace
Big thanks to Brandon Sichling for making this 4-minute video to give viewers a glimpse into the life of Wicker Park Grace!
One Splash for the Creator
I was a bit daunted when I was invited to write a couple of lectionary reflections for the print edition of the Christian Century. One of the weeks I was asked to write about was “Trinity Sunday,” a day when preachers reflect on the Creator/Christ/Holy Spirit triad/unity. It’s so easy to get caught up in …
Stations of the Cross (original art)
In 2007 the Wicker Park Grace community created original art representing the Stations of the Cross. Traditionally, there are 14 stations, each representing a moment on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion. We added a station 15 to represent the resurrection and complete the story. The idea of creating these stations was to bring the ancient …
Shawna’s live painting at Moltmann conversation
Shawna painted this 8 x 6 foot mural during the Wednesday night session of the Moltmann conversation. It took her a couple of hours. She began during the welcome and painted all through the opening presentations and the communion service. After it was done, it was auctioned off to participants of the conference and ended up …