We are gathered back in for singing and praying, formation and feasting. We kick off our artful fall worship with a Psalm; a very good place to start. And we receive from Psalmist, artist, poet, and preacher a blessing for the place of our gathering which is also the place of God’s dreaming.
Sermon starts at minute marker 2:24
Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3
Resources:
- Sarah Kinsel, “You are like trees planted by streams of water,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection, ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 180.
- Alejandra Oliva, “Cooking when the world is on fire,” The Christian Century, July 2025.
- Image: detail from Matthew Regier, “Trees of Living Water,” Drawing Near: A Devotional Journey with Art, Poetry & Reflection, ed. Eileen R. Kinch and John D. Roth (Herald Press, 2025), 179.
- Hymn 121 - When at Creation’s Dawn Text: Jean Janzen (USA), 1993 Music: James E. Clemens (USA), 1993, arr. © 2019 James E. Clemens Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929, #309248. All rights reserved.
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