The Audio Files

Unity (Part 11)

November 18, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison

This is the final in our series on unity and the third in our reflections on inter-religious dialogue as related to unity. Today we begin with a poem by Malcolm Guite, "Transfiguration." Next, we listen to a reading of Matthew Kaemingk's essay, "The Troubling Grace of a Muslim Friend," and conclude with prayer.

Unity (Part 10)

November 17, 2023

This is the tenth in our series on unity and the second in our reflections on inter-religious dialogue as related to unity. Today we begin with a prayer from the Church of England. We are then helped by the second reading of three from Matthew Kaemingk's essay, "The Troubling Grace of a Muslim Friend." and conclude with prayer.

Unity (Part 9)

November 16, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison

This is the ninth in our series on unity. For sessions nine, ten and eleven we will reflect on unity as related to inter-religious dialogue. Today we will begin with a Preparation from the Church of England. We are then helped by the first reading of three from Matthew Kaemingk's essay, "The Troubling Grace of a Muslim Friend," and conclude with a prayer.

Unity (Part 8)

November 15, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison

This is the eighth in our series on unity. Today we reflect on unity as related to the North American church. We begin with a Preparation from the Church of England. We are then helped with an essay by Juan Sanchez, "Five Traits Every Church must have to Maintain Unity." We will close with a Canticle from the Church of England.

Unity (Part 7)

November 13, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison • John 14, Ecclesiastes 11:7–10, Ecclesiastes 12:1–8

This is the seventh in our series on unity. Today we continue to reflect on interpersonal communication that leads to unity as we consider the idea of trust. We begin with a simple prayer, continue with a reading from John 14, proceed to a reading from Caring Enough to Confront by David Augsburger, and conclude with some final thoughts from James K. A. Smith’s meditation on Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:8 and a prayer.

Unity (Part 6)

November 12, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison

This is the sixth in our series on unity. Today we will reflect on interpersonal communication as it relates to the sort of speech that leads to understanding and unity. We begin with a reading from Caring Enough to Confront by David Augsburger. We will then consider Malcolm Guite’s poem "What if . . ." (based on Matthew 12), and close with a prayer based on Psalm 15.

Unity (Part 5)

November 11, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison

This is the fifth in our series on unity. We begin with a reflection around Armistice Day, followed by an excerpt from the "I Have a Dream Speech" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and closing with a prayer for peace and unity in our world.

Unity (Part 4)

November 10, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison • Psalm 133

This is the fourth in our series on unity. We begin with a Gospel Canticle from the Book of Common Prayer, followed by a reading from The Age of Walls and Barbed Wire by Ali Noorani. We end with a reading from Psalm 133 and the Our Father.

Unity (Part 3)

November 9, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison • Colossians 1

In this our third day of reflecting around unity we begin with a prayer for peace provided by the Church of England, we then consider a final excerpt from Aryana Petrosky's essay, "The Wounds of Disunity." Next, we are helped by Paul the apostle's writing on the preeminence of Christ in Colossians 1. We conclude with a prayer of appeal to God for help.

Unity (Part 2)

November 8, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison • Ephesians 4

On day two of our unity reflections we begin with a prayer for global peace from the Church of England. We reflect on a second excerpt from Aryana Petrosky's essay, "The Wounds of Disunity," consider the words of the apostle Paul in Ephesians 4, and conclude with a prayer of intercession.

Unity (Part 1)

November 6, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison

For the next number of days we will reflect around the idea of unity. We begin today with a prayer of praise from the Church of England. We are then helped by Aryana Petrosky with an excerpt from her essay "The Wounds of Disunity" and we will end with a collect unto God.

Preparing Our Hearts for the Eucharist

November 4, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison

Each Saturday prior to a Sunday when we celebrate communion also known as the Eucharist we shall be led to confession and repentance of sin as a means of preparing our hearts for Worship and Eucharist. Today we are helped by a prayer of confession from the Church of England. We shall consider three ways of seeing for which we might repent as suggested in the book Introducing Radical Orthodoxy. And we shall conclude with assurance of forgiveness.

The Eucharist

November 3, 2023

A few thoughts about the Eucharist and how worship forms us. We begin with a reading from Miroslav Volf on Eucharist, we hear Jesus in the words of Mark 14, and we conclude with a few reflections from Jamie Smith's book, You Are What You Worship.

Friendship (Part 10)

November 2, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison • John 13

We begin with Evensong prayers from Portsmouth Cathedral. We are helped by John 13 as we observe Jesus with his friends - the night he is betrayed. Finally, Edmund Spenser will offer us his thoughts in a poem titled, "An Hymne of Heavenly Love" before we close with a final prayer.

Friendship (Part 9)

November 1, 2023 • Pastor Kimberley Morrison • Luke 1

Today's audio file is day nine of our 10-day journey about friendship. We begin with a Prayer of Preparation from the Church of England. We are then helped with a reading from Luke 1 related to the friendship between Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Elizabeth. We continue with a reading from Andrew Hanauer's essay "Can you Fund Friendship?" And, we conclude with a Gospel Canticle based on the Song of Mary.

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