Emmaus Blog

Tuesday, April 29, 2025:   Flourishing Is Mutual: Receiving gifts, naturally leads to gratitude and ongoing generosity  If the Sun is the source of flow in the economy of nature, what is the “Sun” of a human gift economy, the source that constantly replenishes the flow of gifts? Maybe it is love. - Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry   Reflecting on the abundant Juneberries she has been gifted from a nearby tree, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer considers the gift economy of natural processes:   This pail of Juneberries represents hundreds of gift exchanges that led up to my blue-stained fingers: the Maples who gave their leaves to the soil, the countless invertebrates and microbes who exchanged nutrients and energy to build the humus in which a Serviceberry seed could take root, the Cedar Waxwing who dropped the seed, the sun, the rain, the early spring flies who pollinated the flowers, the farmer who wielded the shovel to tenderly settle the seed...

Monday, April 28, 2025: Pope Francis prayer from his Hospital. And a reflection on our Oceans by Steve Lyman (th ank you Sandy McKeith for sharing this amazing prayer ) “The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches... They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports... It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor. A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar... In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist... A police officer and a prisoner in the same room receiving the same care... A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant, ready to receive the organ from a poor donor... It is in these moments, when the hospital touches the wounds of people, that different worlds intersect according to a divine design. And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone, we are nothing. The absolute truth of people, most of the time, only reveals itself in moments of pain or in the real threat of an irr...

Sunday, April 27, 2025: Join Us TODAY for our Emmaus Celebration at Christ Church United Methodist or on Zoom: All are Welcome! We begin with welcoming at 3:45 In Person in Classroom 8 at Christ Church United Methodist 1717 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa,  Or Join Us on Zoom using this link: (copy and paste it into your browser and remember the passcode is 1234 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573?omn=83564917450 Passcode: 1234 Or open Zoom and type in the Meeting ID (all numbers): 519 315 8573 Passcode: 1234 Or by Phone: Dial:  +16699006833,,5193158573# US (San Jose) +16694449171,,5193158573# US Emmaus Liturgy April 27th, 2024 For the Children; Celebrating Earth Day; Life, Death, Resurrection; We are Easter People and Remembering Pope Francis Ring the Singing Bell: Steve: OPENING PRAYER: “In the name of the Bee, And of the Butterly, And of the Breeze — Amen - Emily Dickinson  WELCOME/INTRODUCTION: Just as Thomas Berry dedicated his book titled, “The Great Work” to the children,...