Meditations
Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of the Lord
April 20, 2025
Today’s scriptures tell us how three days changed the world. How have they changed you?
What do you do, after the ashes rub off?
March 5, 2025
The smudges of ashes on foreheads on Ash Wednesday are a powerful, sometimes moving, witness of the power of God’s love to draw all back to the Creator. But what do you do, after the ashes rub off?
Pray the Way of the Cross with Us
March 23, 2022
Using scripture, music and images, the Renewal Center staff leads a meditation on the final hours of Jesus’s life as he walks through Jerusalem to Golgotha and his crucifixion. This online video is available during Lent.
Taize for April: Savior, Servant and Community
April 1, 2021
If you are joining us April 1, it is the beginning of three days of prayer called the Sacred Triduum. We celebrate the most momentous events in salvation history. As one Church, we rejoice in Christ’s resurrection with uplifted and responsive minds.
Good Friday Community Worship Service
March 30, 2021
By Liberty-Area Ministerial Alliance
Believing that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross joins us with God and with all humanity, we join together with the Liberty Christian community in an online worship service led by local ministers.
(corrected) Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion — March 28
March 28, 2021
In today's readings -- and all this week -- Jesus challenges us to follow his example and assume the mantle, not of a king, but of a simple servant. Can we follow his example to the margins of our society?
Fifth Sunday in Lent — March 21
March 21, 2021
I have experienced a longing for God in my heart this Lent. More eager than I have been in previous Lents. I find myself more eager to get out of bed in the morning and spend some time with God before the other activities in my life begin.
Fourth Sunday in Lent — March 14
March 14, 2021
Ask yourself, “What person, things, or activities keep me from spending time in prayer or with my family?” It can be so simple to answer that question, but so difficult to actually change!
Third Sunday in Lent — March 7
March 7, 2021
Lent isn’t about what you give up; it’s about who you are becoming. This week’s question: So far this Lent, are you happy with whom you are becoming? If not, what can you do this week to change that?
Taize for March: Lenten Reflection
March 4, 2021
Lent encourages each of us to retreat, and reflect in silence. Silence allows the community to reflect on what it has heard and experienced, and to open its heart to the mystery celebrated. May we use well the silence provided during this service.