What makes a space safe? For whose safety am I concerned? What is peace? How do I know when it is present? What does it look and feel like? What does the work of peacemaking require of me and of us?

“Then two will be in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken, and one will be left. Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

”Today we have gathered and when we look upon the faces around us we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now let us bring our minds together as one as we give greetings and thanks to each other as People. Now our minds are one.”

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”

How are you experiencing any of the many ways God draws near to us? Who or what have been embodiments or conduits of this Divine Love in your life in recent weeks? Where are you feeling nudged to more fully express this Love in some tangible way?

How am I called to build the Kingdom of God, or to make the Dream of God come true? How am I called to strengthen relationships here at Camas Friends Church?