Chris­t­ian mys­ti­cism under­stands sal­va­tion as over­com­ing iso­la­tion from God. When have you had a mys­ti­cal expe­ri­ence? When have you felt iso­lated from God? How does a beloved com­mu­nity help us in both of these times?  

We hope the love is the pri­mary moti­va­tion of all that we do. Yet, we know how hard it is to love another.  Are we capa­ble of lov­ing cre­ation? Do these quotes help us know our capa­bil­ity? The only solid piece… (keep read­ing…)

Know­ing what is right or wrong on any issue is impor­tant. Yet is it enough from a faith per­spec­tive? When absolutely cer­tain, can any one of us be open to the truth as expressed and believed by our neigh­bor if dif­fer­ent from out own? Is there any­thing so cer­tain to me or you that noth­ing could change our minds? Can’t that be a fright­en­ing thought? Read the scrip­ture from Paul to the Corinthi­ans. You might think it is about what to eat. What else is it about?

When has God called you to do some­thing dif­fi­cult? Did you end up doing it? How were you changed in the process? How did your under­stand­ing of God change? Find some time this week to share your story with some­one. We all need to hear sto­ries of God’s call.

WAKE UP! God is try­ing to get into your heart. And into this church. An Epiphany is a moment of sur­prise and inter­ven­tion. Some­one com­pared it to walk­ing down the street, over­hear­ing a sen­tence of con­ver­sa­tion from a passerby and real­iz­ing that… (keep read­ing…)

On Sun­day, New Year’s Day, we will have a com­bined morn­ing wor­ship ser­vice at 10:00 AM in the Sanc­tu­ary. Our Sun­day at Five ser­vice will be held as usual in the Chapel that after­noon. Scrip­ture Read­ing is Luke 2:22–40 Bruce… (keep read­ing…)

“We all need to be told that God loves us, and the mys­tery of the Annun­ci­a­tion (when the angel appeared to Mary) reveals an aspect of that love. But it also sug­gests that our response to love is critical.”

– Kath­leen Nor­ris, Med­i­ta­tions on Mary

What will be your response to God’s immense love for you this week? How is God call­ing you to be a prophet and a dreamer in your community?

In the Christ­mas sea­son, Hen­nepin Church is filled with the Good News of God-with-us. From majes­tic hymns with organ and choirs to times of can­dlelit silence, we come together to once again cel­e­brate the birth of the Christ Child. As we tell the story famil­iar to many and new to some, we wel­come you to join us. We are those who dream of a time of peace and hope for all.

On Sun­day, Decem­ber 11, we said farewell to Christo­pher Jack­son after 24 years of ser­vice at Hen­nepin. You can watch his ser­mon from that day’s 9:30 AM wor­ship ser­vice here.

You are invited to our Advent Con­cert fea­tur­ing the Hen­nepin Sanc­tu­ary Choir and Orches­tra. At 11:00 AM on Sun­day, Decem­ber 11, enter into the Advent sea­son as Hen­nepin musi­cians share works by Bach, Brahms and Custer.  Invite a friend! Bach: Mag­ni­fi­cat in D… (keep read­ing…)