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Learn to Rest, Not to Quit (Rev. John MacIver Gage: August 17, 2025)

Learn to Rest, Not to Quit (Rev. John MacIver Gage: August 17, 2025)

Update: 2025-08-17
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We're pivoting this Sunday to address what's shaped up to be a pretty stressful and painful week (in the midst of a stressful and painful season) for a lot of folks, what with the occupation of Washington, DC by federal law enforcement, a formal request to the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality, the ongoing starvation of Gaza, etc. etc. etc. and God only knows what's going on in your life. This isn't a preaching service but a praying one, with a lot of help from author Cole Arthur Riley's Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. It's a reminder that, like Jesus himself and his disciples, we need to take time together, with God, to "learn to rest, not to quit." (Mark 6:30-32).

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Learn to Rest, Not to Quit (Rev. John MacIver Gage: August 17, 2025)

Learn to Rest, Not to Quit (Rev. John MacIver Gage: August 17, 2025)

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