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You are a Body of Water
As I write this, another massive hurricane is engulfing the southeastern United States barely a week after Hurricane Helene. Some...
Pastor Liz
Oct 10, 20242 min read


I Want a House with a Crowded Table
Sunday is Wild Dinner potluck! - Sunday, September 29, at 4 pm We’ll gather around our brown paper covered table for dinner and...
Pastor Liz
Sep 27, 20242 min read


October Gatherings
We're mixing things up a bit this fall and have a couple different times and kinds of gatherings in October. All the details are below. A...
Pastor Liz
Sep 20, 20242 min read


Collective Gathering
I’ve been thinking a lot about this WildWood community. Daydreaming, brainstorming, scheming, along with reflecting and reminiscing. It’s...
Pastor Liz
Sep 8, 20242 min read


Eco-Grief | Nature + Spirituality
On Sunday, September 8 we will gather for conversation and reflection on our grief over ecological losses, environmental degradation and...
Pastor Liz
Aug 31, 20241 min read


Last Days of August
In the prologue to Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting , the narrator tells of the strangeness of the first week August. Setting the stage...
Pastor Liz
Aug 31, 20242 min read


Nature + Spirituality
The next part of Nature + Spirituality will be on September 8. We had a schedule conflict and needed to shift it a couple weeks. This...
Pastor Liz
Aug 22, 20241 min read


A Blessing & Poem for Rest
BLESS THIS REST Liz Ullery Swenson Holy One, God who creates. God who rests. Formed in your image, we are created to create and created...
Pastor Liz
Aug 1, 20242 min read


A Summer Break
All year I say, "things will calm down in the summer," "when we get a break in the summer I'll ____." But, as I'm sure you can attest,...
Pastor Liz
Aug 1, 20243 min read


Prayers Woven Together
On Sunday, May 12, we used three art and prayer stations as guided mediations. Naming some simple pleasures, weaving our prayers...
Pastor Liz
May 17, 20241 min read


Life as Stained Glass
On Sunday, May 12, we used three art and prayer stations as guided mediations. Naming some simple pleasures, weaving our prayers...
Pastor Liz
May 15, 20241 min read


Small Joys & Simple Pleasures
On Sunday, May 12, we used three art and prayer stations as guided mediations. Naming some simple pleasures, weaving our prayers...
Pastor Liz
May 15, 20241 min read


Holding it Together (mostly)
I told my therapist that it feels like my brain is running in circles. Frantic and anxious, spinning around, unsure what to do next or...
Pastor Liz
May 3, 20242 min read


A Love Beyond Death
Last Sunday we gathered around the table to tell the story of the final days of Jesus's life. As a way to mark this Holy Week, I've...
Pastor Liz
Mar 27, 20247 min read


It's Just Weird
I always get anxious that everyone thinks Love Feast is weird. And it is a little bit, or maybe more than a little bit. The communion...
Pastor Liz
Mar 24, 20242 min read


Just as I have Done
I planned to create a short video explaining Love Feast and Foot Washing. But, I’m sick (again.) And no one wants to see my sad sniffly...
Pastor Liz
Mar 22, 20242 min read


A Body Knows
I have felt a rising level of anxiety in my body these past few days. An unsettled, unspecific fear of sorts. Dread maybe? I live with,...
Pastor Liz
Mar 13, 20243 min read


Questions to Ponder
We closed our Sunday Gathering with this poem by Rachel Richardson. I had to share it to ruminate in our minds this week. Questions by...
Pastor Liz
Feb 29, 20241 min read


Vivid Questions
Sunday, February 25, 2024 From what feels like a different life, I have a masters in library science with an emphasis in higher ed....
Pastor Liz
Feb 28, 20243 min read


You Breathe Out, I Breathe In
Glitter and Ash, WildWood's riff on Ash Wednesday, is a ritual that reminds us of our cosmic beginnings and interconnection. It reminds...
Pastor Liz
Feb 23, 20245 min read
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