Meditations
Taize for December: Advent, waiting for the Lord
December 6, 2024
We have begun the Season of Advent, a Season of waiting and preparing for the Lord. Is there something you are waiting for this Advent? If so, have you been waiting for a long time?
September Taizé: New Beginnings
September 6, 2024
Taizé is an ecumenical, meditative prayer experience using music, chants and scripture. We gather on the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. Each month we explore a different theme. The theme for September was "New Beginnings."
August Taizé: Mid-summer Lamentation
August 2, 2024
One form of biblical prayer is “lamentation.” Ours is a faith that can lament — lament before the face of God when our lives and the lives of others are harmed by forces beyond our control. Such lament, as the psalms teach us, is not the opposite of faithful praise but rather its partner.
April Taize: Celebrating Easter Joy
April 5, 2024
Alleluia! Christ is risen indeed! Welcome to our first Taize Service during this 2024 Easter Season! How do we sustain our Easter joy through the 50 days of the Easter season? Can we keep the glorias and bells ringing?
March Taize: Refocusing Our Lives
March 7, 2024
We are midway through the Season of Lent. Perhaps it is time to recommit ourselves to our Ash Wednesday promises.
February Taize: We present ourselves to God
February 1, 2024
In the Catholic tradition, tomorrow, Feb. 2, is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. In tonight’s Taizé Prayer Service we present ourselves to God. We invite God to work through us to make this world a better place: relationships, environment, etc.
January Taize: Prayer for Christian Unity
January 11, 2024
At the Last Supper, Jesus prayed that all of us would be united in him. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated every year, from January 18-25. We reach across denomination divisions and pray with one another. We will have a local Ecumenical Prayer Service in Liberty Jan. 18. This Taize Service anticipates that prayer.
December Taizé: Patient Waiting
December 27, 2023
We will take a few minutes to slow down from the hectic pace of December.
September Taize: Labor Day and The Dignity of Work
September 8, 2023
This month’s Taizé Service comes shortly after the U.S. national holiday, Labor Day, so this month, we take as our theme “Labor Day and The Dignity of Work.” Pope Francis has repeated said, “It is clear from the very first pages of the Bible that work is an essential part of human dignity.” We must protect it.
May Taizé: National Day of Prayer
May 4, 2023
This month’s Taizé Service falls on May 4, which is also the annual National Day of Prayer in the United States. There are many things that we can pray about for our country. This evening, we will focus on peace and nonviolence. We pray for calm hearts and cool tempers