Blue Ocean Faith Ann Arbor Sunday Sermons

  Episode 20: Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength Scripture: Luke 10:27, Song: Love the Lord (Lincoln Brewster)

  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 […]

James refers to Torah and the Exodus liberation story as the “law of liberty” He likens it to a mirror we need to look at long and hard, lest we forget who we are in the oppression systems of this world. There we find no counterpart to the “good white people” many us hope 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: […]

  Episode 19: Peter’s Predicament Scripture: Luke 22: 54–62, Song: You’re My Buddy, You’re My Friend, Silly Send off: Hope Shaffer

  The Prayer for Love from the Eastern Orthodox tradition Christ my God, set my heart on fire with love in You, that in its flame I may love You with all my heart, with all my mind, and with all my soul and with all my strength, and my neighbor as myself, so that […]

  Prayers from The Divine Hours, compiled by Phyllis Tickle, supplemented with a few other meditations and prayers. The Call to Prayer Psalm 107: 8–9 Let us give thanks to the Lord for his mercy and the wonders he does for his children. For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. […]

  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 the noonday, I will complain and lament, and God will hear my […]

  Prayers from The Divine Hours, compiled by Phyllis Tickle supplemented with a few other meditations and prayers. The Call to Prayer Wake up, my spirit, awake lute and harp; I myself will waken the dawn. Psalm 57:8 The Request for Presence You are the Lord, do not withhold your compassion from me, let your […]

  Welcome to Tuesday, when we pause to say Wow, to praise. 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 […]

Exodus is the oldest story of liberation we have. And while the particulars are very different, the dynamics of oppression and liberation are very much the same. The Exodus story-teller emphasizes the complicity of the host population in setting up a system of oppression—their version of white complicity with white supremacy. All sparked by something […]

  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: […]

  Episode 18: Stopping to Help Scripture: Mark 10: 46–52, Song: Love is Like a Lucky Penny, Silly Send off: Noah Shaffer

  The Prayer for Love from the Eastern Orthodox tradition Christ my God, set my heart on fire with love in You, that in its flame I may love You with all my heart, with all my mind, and with all my soul and with all my strength, and my neighbor as myself, so that […]

  Prayers from The Divine Hours, compiled by Phyllis Tickle, supplemented with a few other meditations and prayers. The Call to Prayer Psalm 107: 8–9 Let us give thanks to the Lord for his mercy and the wonders he does for his children. For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. […]

  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 the noonday, I will complain and lament, and God will hear my […]