Mosaic Lincoln

Mosaic Gathering Prayer: April 14, 2019God, Creator of our world, artist of our hearts, author of our stories, we come to you with tired bones and white knuckles, as we attempt to hold on so tightly to what isn’t ours.  We acknowledge your presence as it fills this room through the breath from our lungs.  You are the beginning and the end, we come to You. You feel our anxieties and you see our struggle. You know the weight of what we carry, let us let You lighten this load. Lord, relieve us. Help us to see You in every space of our hearts, stories, and individual worlds. In the spaces that may be seen but also in the unseen. Lord, reveal to us. Let us be in awe of the immensity of your Spirit. Let the vastness of your love, overwhelm us. Lord, inspire us. Meet us in the darkness where our questions cast shadows, may the light of your love draw us in close.Lord, lead us. As we come together with others in community, reveal to us your beauty through the hearts you gave them. Lord, pursue us. Let us pay attentio

| Mosaic Gathering Prayer: April 7, 2019Father of us allWe bring our hearts, minds and bodies before You this morning.Anything that is anxious and scattered within us, we still.We center ourselves in this place, in our chairs, in our bodies.And we open ourselves to You.Holy Father, You created our hearts and You know our hungers.Sweet Spirit, You dwell within us and You see our thirst.Strong Brother, You walked among us and You know our pain.We invite You into the broken places in our hearts;Dear Lord, bring healing.We invite You into the anxious places in our minds;Dear Lord, bring calm.We invite You to bless anything unloved in our bodies;Dear Lord, bring affirmation.We invite You to touch any strife in our relationships;Dear Lord, bring grace.We invite You to hold any pain in our lives;Dear Lord, bring peace.We invite You into our homes, our neighborhoods, our city, our country;Dear Lord, bring restoration.We invite you into our world;Dear Lord, bring love.Together, we affirm the reality of the abundant li

| Mosaic Gathering Prayer: March 31, 2019God of Love, we come before you as your children.We acknowledge you as Creator and Sustainer of our lives.Some of us feel great faith and life at work inside of us,Some of us are hopeful skeptics underneath a weight of burdens,Some of us are filled with all kinds of questions, doubt, and despair,Some of us are bruised reeds and smoldering wicks.Your love envelopes us all.Your mercy pursues us.Your grace carries us.And so we choose love, in all of this we choose love.We turn to you in prayer.For those in our state of Nebraska still recovering and rebuilding from flood lossLord, have mercyFor neighbors and those in this room experiencing difficult times of addiction, sadness, loneliness and despairLord, have mercyFor families that are experiencing broken relationshipsChrist, have mercy For those suffering under unjust systems of power and selfish handsChrist, have mercyFor those twisted by envy, violence and hatredGod of Justice, intercedeFor those cultivating a new way

As hikers need a compass, and as travelers need a map and a goal, followers of Jesus need a clear vision of what Jesus' kind of society looks like when it is lived out.In a cultural landscape that is part patriotism, part consumerism, part violence, part affluence and part vanity fair we believe Jesus is calling us to cultivate something very different.Join us for our Sunday gatherings as we explore and seek to live this vision of Jesus together in our lives and neighborhoods.

As hikers need a compass, and as travelers need a map and a goal, followers of Jesus need a clear vision of what Jesus' kind of society looks like when it is lived out.In a cultural landscape that is part patriotism, part consumerism, part violence, part affluence and part vanity fair we believe Jesus is calling us to cultivate something very different.Join us for our Sunday gatherings as we explore and seek to live this vision of Jesus together in our lives and neighborhoods.

As hikers need a compass, and as travelers need a map and a goal, followers of Jesus need a clear vision of what Jesus' kind of society looks like when it is lived out.In a cultural landscape that is part patriotism, part consumerism, part violence, part affluence and part vanity fair we believe Jesus is calling us to cultivate something very different.Join us for our Sunday gatherings as we explore and seek to live this vision of Jesus together in our lives and neighborhoods.

We're taught that 'Good is the Enemy of Great', and that 'Great' is what we're supposed to be. But is it possible that obsession with greatness--being impressive, going viral, dropping the mic--prevents us from seeing opportunities around us to bring peace, joy, and goodness into the world around us? Can 'Great' be the Enemy of 'Good'?

Welcome to humanity. We question. We doubt. We have uncertainties.Some are ashamed of their doubts. Some are proud of their doubts. We’d rather be faithful with them.Thankfully Jesus never asks us to give up our uncertainties to join the journey of discovery in following Him. Instead, the Divine welcomes our doubts and uncertainties because it makes us more human and honest. Ultimately, faith has little to do with certainty and more to do with a willingness to act faithfully despite uncertainty.As we begin 2019, we invite you to join us at our Sunday gatherings by throwing our hands up in equal parts awe, bliss and surrender. This is where the journey of faith begins.

Welcome to humanity. We question. We doubt. We have uncertainties.Some are ashamed of their doubts. Some are proud of their doubts. We’d rather be faithful with them.Thankfully Jesus never asks us to give up our uncertainties to join the journey of discovery in following Him. Instead, the Divine welcomes our doubts and uncertainties because it makes us more human and honest. Ultimately, faith has little to do with certainty and more to do with a willingness to act faithfully despite uncertainty.As we begin 2019, we invite you to join us at our Sunday gatherings by throwing our hands up in equal parts awe, bliss and surrender. This is where the journey of faith begins.

Welcome to humanity. We question. We doubt. We have uncertainties.Some are ashamed of their doubts. Some are proud of their doubts. We’d rather be faithful with them.Thankfully Jesus never asks us to give up our uncertainties to join the journey of discovery in following Him. Instead, the Divine welcomes our doubts and uncertainties because it makes us more human and honest. Ultimately, faith has little to do with certainty and more to do with a willingness to act faithfully despite uncertainty.As we begin 2019, we invite you to join us by throwing our hands up in equal parts awe, bliss and surrender. This is where the journey of faith begins.

Welcome to humanity. We question. We doubt. We have uncertainties.Some are ashamed of their doubts. Some are proud of their doubts. We’d rather be faithful with them.Thankfully Jesus never asks us to give up our uncertainties to join the journey of discovery in following Him. Instead, the Divine welcomes our doubts and uncertainties because it makes us more human and honest. Ultimately, faith has little to do with certainty and more to do with a willingness to act faithfully despite uncertainty.As we begin 2019, we invite you to join us by throwing our hands up in equal parts awe, bliss and surrender. This is where the journey of faith begins.

Welcome to humanity. We question. We doubt. We have uncertainties.Some are ashamed of their doubts. Some are proud of their doubts. We’d rather be faithful with them.Thankfully Jesus never asks us to give up our uncertainties to join the journey of discovery in following Him. Instead, the Divine welcomes our doubts and uncertainties because it makes us more human and honest. Ultimately, faith has little to do with certainty and more to do with a willingness to act faithfully despite uncertainty.As we begin 2019, we invite you to join us by throwing our hands up in equal parts awe, bliss and surrender. This is where the journey of faith begins.

Welcome to humanity. We question. We doubt. We have uncertainties.Some are ashamed of their doubts. Some are proud of their doubts. We’d rather be faithful with them.Thankfully Jesus never asks us to give up our uncertainties to join the journey of discovery in following Him. Instead, the Divine welcomes our doubts and uncertainties because it makes us more human and honest. Ultimately, faith has little to do with certainty and more to do with a willingness to act faithfully despite uncertainty.As we begin 2019, we invite you to join us by throwing our hands up in equal parts awe, bliss and surrender. This is where the journey of faith begins.

Advent continues to come every year to a world that is constantly trying to assert a story of seeking value through significance and power and domination and control and success and comfort--and Advent brings a reminder that Jesus came as a plot twist and a disruption of that story to say, “You are valued and loved without ANY of that, and my Kingdom, the true Kingdom, is a Kingdom made of grace and peace and joy and self-emptying love. We wait. We anticipate. We receive. We participate.

Advent continues to come every year to a world that is constantly trying to assert a story of seeking value through significance and power and domination and control and success and comfort--and Advent brings a reminder that Jesus came as a plot twist and a disruption of that story to say, “You are valued and loved without ANY of that, and my Kingdom, the true Kingdom, is a Kingdom made of grace and peace and joy and self-emptying love. We wait. We anticipate. We receive. We participate.

Advent continues to come every year to a world that is constantly trying to assert a story of seeking value through significance and power and domination and control and success and comfort--and Advent brings a reminder that Jesus came as a plot twist and a disruption of that story to say, “You are valued and loved without ANY of that, and my Kingdom, the true Kingdom, is a Kingdom made of grace and peace and joy and self-emptying love. We wait. We anticipate. We receive. We participate.

Advent continues to come every year to a world that is constantly trying to assert a story of seeking value through significance and power and domination and control and success and comfort--and Advent brings a reminder that Jesus came as a plot twist and a disruption of that story to say, “You are valued and loved without ANY of that, and my Kingdom, the true Kingdom, is a Kingdom made of grace and peace and joy and self-emptying love. We wait. We anticipate. We receive. We participate.

Together, we're imagining how we might trust God to make our love increase more and more for one another and all of our neighbors. We're joining with this little, vulnerable, vibrant and ancient church in Thessalonica to believe that Jesus, through his death and resurrection, will guard our life's light from being determined by the great darkness around us. We're living to give ourselves to love of God and neighbor as we overflow with holiness, love and hope."May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones."  -1Thessalonians 3:12-13

Together, we're imagining how we might trust God to make our love increase more and more for one another and all of our neighbors. We're joining with this little, vulnerable, vibrant and ancient church in Thessalonica to believe that Jesus, through his death and resurrection, will guard our life's light from being determined by the great darkness around us. We're living to give ourselves to love of God and neighbor as we overflow with holiness, love and hope."May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones."  -1Thessalonians 3:12-13

Together, we're imagining how we might trust God to make our love increase more and more for one another and all of our neighbors. We're joining with this little, vulnerable, vibrant and ancient church in Thessalonica to believe that Jesus, through his death and resurrection, will guard our life's light from being determined by the great darkness around us. We're living to give ourselves to love of God and neighbor as we overflow with holiness, love and hope."May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones."  -1Thessalonians 3:12-13