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Pushing Beyond Utility to Beauty – Dec. 11, 2022

December 11, 2022

Melissa preaching at RMC on Dec. 11, 2022

Scriptures: Isaiah 35:1-10 and Matthew 11:2-11 How does one tie in excitement about the World Cup with the third Sunday of Advent? Leave it to Melissa!

Pushing Beyond Utility to Beauty – Dec. 11, 2022

Tagged With: ableism, Advent, beauty, disabilities, Expectations, Gospel of Matthew, Isaiah, Melissa Florer-Bixler, restoration

Pay Attention! – Sept. 18, 2022

September 18, 2022

A dark ocean scape with craggy rocks in the foreground, clouds in the sky with the sun's rays shining out from behind a dark cloud.

In the midst of our busyness it’s easy to miss the beauty of God’s extravagant creation all around us. Through the poetry of Psalm 65 and several more modern authors, Melissa recounts more of her sabbatical journey and encourages us to stop and notice that we too are a part of the joyful abundance of […]

Pay Attention! – Sept. 18, 2022

Tagged With: beauty, Creation, Melissa Florer-Bixler, mindfulness, poetry, Psalms

God is Beautiful – Feb. 14, 2021

February 14, 2021

Melissa preaching on Zoom, Feb. 14, 2021

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-12, Mark 9:2-9 After the reading of the 2 Kings passage, we listened to Robert Robinson sing Swing Low Sweet Chariot. After the Mark passage Melissa shared a video performance of the theme from The Mission. Our world is chock full of beautiful things. Many things that are beautiful are unnecessary. The […]

God is Beautiful – Feb. 14, 2021

Tagged With: beauty, COVID-19, Gospel of Mark, Melissa Florer-Bixler, transfiguration

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