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Wonder & Waiting
Advent, the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, is a season of waiting. Anticipation. But more than daily chocolates, it’s an annual...
Pastor Liz
Nov 27, 20241 min read


Trans Day of Remembrance 2024
In the last year at least 29 trans and gender expansive beloveds known to have been killed by anti-trans violence in the United States...
Pastor Liz
Nov 20, 20243 min read


Imagination is a Radical Act
Over the past week I see many of us greeting each other with a tender look and “How are you doing?” Prior to *all of this* we were...
Pastor Liz
Nov 14, 20244 min read


Join Something
We had dinner with close friends last night. 9 grownups, 8 kids, meatballs, chicken, caesar salad, pasta, soup, and brownies. It’s what...
Pastor Liz
Nov 7, 20242 min read


Whatever Happens
Whatever happens today, whoever wins or looses, no matter what path to 260 Steve Kornacki predicts, whether we’re entangled in...
Pastor Liz
Nov 5, 20242 min read


Co-Creating Holy Chaos
Ex nihilio , latin for “out of nothing,” is the belief that God created the world from the chaotic nothingness of the cosmos. We create...
Pastor Liz
Oct 25, 20241 min read


Lectio Divina 🧙🏻♀️
Every time I say "lectio divina" I feel like a witch at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry learning a new charm. The next lesson...
Pastor Liz
Oct 15, 20242 min read


October Gatherings
Sunday, October 13 - Nature + Spirituality 4pm Squaxin Park, Shelter #2 52% of adults, both religiously affiliated and unaffiliated...
Pastor Liz
Oct 10, 20242 min read


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
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