Blue Ocean Faith Ann Arbor Sunday Sermons

  For Wednesday–Friday we adapt a format for daily prayer that I learned from a prayer book titled, Everyday Catholic Prayer: A Little Office Book, by Angela Tilby The Invocation: Sarum Prayer God be in my head—and in my understanding God be in my eyes—and in my looking God be in my mouth—and in my […]

  Welcome to Tuesday and our feature on nature as a window into the divine with a reflection based on the writing of Carl Safina, this time from his latest, Becoming Wild. The Sarum Prayer God be in my head—and in my understanding God be in my eyes—and in my looking God be in my […]

  Our Monday Meditation podcast for today is by Caroline Kittle, our Youth Pastor. For Monday we change the format of the Daily Prayers a bit to focus more on the meditation aspect, so we don’t have a written version for this one, but here is Caroline’s introduction. Rabbi Cooper wrote this meditation “Practicing Kavvanah: […]

National religious-cultural politics created a hostile environment for Jesus in his village and in his family. He had to cut off family ties for a time and experience kinship with others instead. And all this must have shaped his experience of spirituality—his need for an understanding of divine presence. Learn more about Blue Ocean Church […]

  Episode 26: Walking on Water Scripture: Matthew 14:22–33, Song: Peace Like a River

  Holy Spirit Comforting Fire by St. Hildegard Von Bingen Holy Spirit, Comforting fire, Life of all creation. Anointing the sick, cleansing body and soul, Fill this body! Holy Spirit, Sacred breath, Fire of love, Sweetest taste, Beautiful aroma, Fill this heart! Holy Spirit, Filling the world, from the heights to the deep, Raining from […]

  Adapted from Everyday Catholic Prayer: A Little Office Book, by Angela Tilby. The Invocation: Sarum Prayer God be in my head—and in my understanding God be in my eyes—and in my looking God be in my mouth—and in my speaking God be in my heart—and in my thinking God be at my end—and at […]

  For Wednesday–Friday we adapt a format for daily prayer that I learned from a prayer book titled, Everyday Catholic Prayer: A Little Office Book, by Angela Tilby The Invocation: Sarum Prayer God be in my head—and in my understanding God be in my eyes—and in my looking God be in my mouth—and in my […]

  For Wednesday–Friday we adapt a format for daily prayer that I learned from a prayer book titled, Everyday Catholic Prayer: A Little Office Book, by Angela Tilby The Invocation: Sarum Prayer God be in my head—and in my understanding God be in my eyes—and in my looking God be in my mouth—and in my […]

  Welcome to Tuesday and our feature on nature as a window into the divine with a reflection based on the writing of Carl Safina, this time from his latest, Becoming Wild. The Sarum Prayer God be in my head—and in my understanding God be in my eyes—and in my looking God be in my […]

  A lovingkindness meditation with Cassie: Psalm 34:4–5 I sought the Lord, and she answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to her are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This morning, let’s set our nagging thoughts or fear or shame or annoyances aside for a few moments […]

We talk about why we use the term kin-dom of God instead of kingdom of God, influenced by Mujerista and indigenous American theologians. Learn more about Blue Ocean Church at a2blue.org, watch virtual service recordings, and get access for next week’s live virtual service, at a2blue.org/virtual-sunday-service/

  Episode 25: What About Worry? Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7, Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

  Holy Spirit Comforting Fire by St. Hildegard Von Bingen Holy Spirit, Comforting fire, Life of all creation. Anointing the sick, cleansing body and soul, Fill this body! Holy Spirit, Sacred breath, Fire of love, Sweetest taste, Beautiful aroma, Fill this heart! Holy Spirit, Filling the world, from the heights to the deep, Raining from […]

  Prayers from The Divine Hours, compiled by Phyllis Tickle supplemented with a few other meditations and prayers. Today, we’ve added an extended invocation (invoking, or calling on) the Holy Spirit, following the Sarum Prayer. The Call to Prayer Psalm 55: 17ff I will call upon God, and the Lord will deliver me. In the […]

  Prayers from The Divine Hours, compiled by Phyllis Tickle supplemented with a few other meditations and prayers. The Call to Prayer Psalm 100: 1–2 Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. The Request for Presence Psalm 86: 16 Turn to […]

  Prayers from The Divine Hours, compiled by Phyllis Tickle supplemented with a few other meditations and prayers. Today we include a new meditation, The Cloud of Witnesses meditation, to help convey the sense of the presence of those who have gone before us as our companions on the way. We’ll repeat this for three […]

  Welcome to Tuesday and our feature on nature as a window into the divine with a reflection based on the writing of Carl Safina, this time from his latest, Becoming Wild. Note: for those new to our weekly Blue Ocean nature-themed meditation series, new episodes are published every 2–3 weeks, and only the new […]

  Psalm 34:4–5 I sought the Lord, and she answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to her are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This morning, let’s set our nagging thoughts or fear or shame or annoyances aside for a few moments and turn our faces to […]

Offering midrash on Jesus’s response to Peter, “Get away from me, Satan,” AnaYelsi asks us to ponder what it means when traumatized people and groups interact with one another, and how we can hold space for all our stories in a way that better connects us in our work for interlocking justice. Learn more about […]