Sunday, September 20, 2026 - Yom Kippur Rabbi Ari Jun Allied Person of Faith Quote Is not this the fast I want– the opening of the bonds of wickedness, the loosening of the bindings of the yoke, and the free release of those who are oppressed, and that every yoke be broken? ~Isaiah 58:6, (author’s translation) Devotion As a Jew, I fast on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. This custom comes from an interpretation of Leviticus 16:29, in which God commands the Israelites t’anu...

Sunday, September 13, 2026 Padraig LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote “The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; but the earth he has given to human beings.” ~Psalm 115:16 (NRSV) Devotion My pre-Christian Celtic ancestors understood something that modern Christianity has forgotten: the sacred isn’t locked away in buildings or confined to Sunday mornings. There are places, thin places, they called them, where the boundary between the physical and the spiritual becomes nearly...

Sunday, September 6, 2026 Ella LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote “Come close to my side, you whose hearts are on the ground, you who are pushed down and worn out, and I will refresh you. Follow my teachings and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest from your trouble thought. Walk side by side with me and I will share in your heavy load and make it light.” ~Matthew 11:28-30 (First Nations Version) Devotion My grandmother used to say that the land...