Blue Ocean Faith Ann Arbor Sunday Sermons

  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 in Beyond Words: How Animals Think and Feel. The Sarum Prayer God be in my head—and in my understanding God be in my eyes—and in my looking God be in […]

  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: […]

When Moses saw a bush burning in the wilderness, his whole life became about freeing an enslaved people from oppression and reimagining a world away from injustice. His questions and concerns were re-oriented. In this sermon, Rev. Cedric Lundy invites to ask ourselves how we’re re-imagining and enacting a new world—one free of white supremacy […]

  Episode 22: Zacchaeus Scripture: Luke 19, Song: I’m All Wrapped Up

  Prayer to the Holy Spirit by St. Hildegard Von Bingen Fire of the Spirit, life of the lives of creatures, spiral of sanctity, bond of all natures, glow of charity, lights of clarity, taste of sweetness to sinners, be with us and hear us. Composer of all things, light of all the risen, key […]

  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 in Beyond Words: How Animals Think and Feel. The Sarum Prayer God be in my head—and in my understanding God be in my eyes—and in my looking God be in […]

  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: […]

In prayer we hear the voice of the Divine telling us that we are enough. Telling us to trust and to rest in the Creator. Telling us that we are not alone. Telling us that there is grace sufficient enough for us, even when we’re at our worst or most fearful. That is the primary […]

  Episode 21: Who is My Neighbor? Scripture: Luke 10:25–37, Song: Jesus is a Friend

  Prayer to the Holy Spirit by St. Hildegard Von Bingen Fire of the Spirit, life of the lives of creatures, spiral of sanctity, bond of all natures, glow of charity, lights of clarity, taste of sweetness to sinners, be with us and hear us. Composer of all things, light of all the risen, key […]

  Prayers from The Divine Hours, compiled by Phyllis Tickle supplemented with a few other meditations and prayers. The Call to Prayer Psalm 55: 17 I will call upon God, and the Lord will deliver me. In the evening, in the morning, and at noonday, I will complain and lament, and he will hear my […]

  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. The Call to Prayer Psalm 95: 1–2 Come let us sing to the Lord, let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before God’s presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud […]

  Welcome to Tuesday and our feature on nature with Carl Safina. 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 mouth—and in my speaking God be in my heart—and in my thinking God be at my end—and at my departing […]

  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: […]