Worship: "Courage is Heart-Work"

“Religion is our human response to the dual reality of being alive and having to die... [Courage] is affirmation of one’s being when faced with the threat of nonbeing.” -- Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be

"You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot have both." -- Brené Brown

Courage isn't easy.  That's kind of the point.  But neither is life!

Faced with ever-evolving forces of division and distraction, courage (what Brené Brown calls "a heart word") asks us to dig deep, to make choices, to decide how we will live... not in spite of -- but because of -- the fact that we will not live forever.  

Love, ever guide us...

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Worship Leader: Rev. Dr. Jason Seymour
Time 4 All Ages (11AM): Darcie Farber
Music: Elisabeth Weber, Jason Seymour (trombone)
Offering recipient: Wellspring Cooperative