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    Holy Witness: Good Friday
    Pastor Liz
    • Apr 14
    • 3 min

    Holy Witness: Good Friday

    Sacred Story Later that week, Jesus was betrayed by one of his own friends, he was arrested, interrogated, and beaten. "It was nine in...
    Holy Ritual: Love Feast
    Pastor Liz
    • Apr 14
    • 3 min

    Holy Ritual: Love Feast

    Sacred Story: Matthew 26:17 - 19, adapted by Wilda Gafney from her book, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church On the first day of...
    Holy Protest: Palm Sunday
    Pastor Liz
    • Apr 14
    • 3 min

    Holy Protest: Palm Sunday

    Sacred Story: Matthew 21:1-11, adapted by Wilda Gafney from her book, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church Now they had come near...
    Embodied Advent
    Pastor Liz
    • Nov 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Embodied Advent

    Advent begins November 28! It is a beautiful season of intentional waiting. Join us the four Sundays leading up to Christmas at 5 pm,...
    Blended WildWood
    Pastor Liz
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Blended WildWood

    On Sundays at 5 pm we gather in person and on Zoom. For those in the room in-person, we will gather in the lower level of the Shepards...
    WildWood: Cultivate Play
    Pastor Liz
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    WildWood: Cultivate Play

    Dr. Stuart Brown, a psychiatrist, clinical researcher and founder of The National Institute for Play argues that, “the opposite of play...
    DIY WildWood: Cultivate Rest
    Pastor Liz
    • Oct 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    DIY WildWood: Cultivate Rest

    Our culture exalts hard work; exhaustion is a status symbol and napping is a waste of time. When asked, “how are you?” how often do we...
    What's Next?
    Pastor Liz
    • Sep 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    What's Next?

    Gardening season has ended and the rainy season has arrived. So what's a quirky little church-ish community to do?! The consensus from a...
    Around the Table
    Pastor Liz
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Around the Table

    Last Sunday we gathered around several picnic tables for our monthly Wild Dinner Picnic. Protected from the rain under the picnic shelter...
    DIY WildWood: Hope Comes
    Pastor Liz
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    DIY WildWood: Hope Comes

    From where does your hope come? Maybe your world is feeling a little short on hope these days. The news is an incessant stream of bad to...
    The Business of Church
    Pastor Liz
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Business of Church

    We don't talk about it much, but WildWood is a part of a larger organizational body, the Church of the Brethren denomination. With roots...
    DIY WildWood May 16, 2021
    Pastor Liz
    • May 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    DIY WildWood May 16, 2021

    DIY WildWood invites and encourages us to encounter the Holy exactly where we are. I am sharing some links, simple prompts and activities...
    DIY WildWood
    Pastor Liz
    • Apr 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    DIY WildWood

    This week, Sunday April 11, we will not gather together online or in-person. Instead, I invite you to head outside for some reflection...
    A Blessing For Our Week: A Series
    Pastor Liz
    • Jun 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    A Blessing For Our Week: A Series

    We started sharing a brief video blessing each week on Instagram and Facebook.
    All-Community Meeting: Digest Version
    Pastor Liz
    • Jun 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    All-Community Meeting: Digest Version

    We had a wonderful conversation during our All-Community Meeting on Sunday to talk about how we are doing and what should come next for...
    Witness + Work
    Pastor Liz
    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Witness + Work

    My heart feels heavy, and dismayed, hopeful and empowered all at the same time this week. Witnessing the violent police presence in so...
    Sensing God Pt. 1 | May 17, 2020
    Pastor Liz
    • May 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Sensing God Pt. 1 | May 17, 2020

    In these days of social isolation and distancing it seems like our senses are cut off. We can’t touch each other, we can’t enjoy the...
    Peak Fatigue & Transformation | May 3, 2020
    Pastor Liz
    • May 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Peak Fatigue & Transformation | May 3, 2020

    So here we are. 8 weeks online. 8 weeks without seeing one another.
    An Invocation for the Washington State Senate
    Pastor Liz
    • Apr 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    An Invocation for the Washington State Senate

    I was invited to offer an invocation, or blessing, for the opening of the Washington State Senate legislative session today. These were...
    Sneakers & Flipping Tables
    Pastor Liz
    • Apr 8, 2019
    • 5 min

    Sneakers & Flipping Tables

    A compilation of Matthew 21:14, Mark 11:15-18, John 2:13-17. When Jesus entered the Temple, he found people selling cattle, sheep, and...
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