Community Rhythms
Join us in daily, weekly and monthly rhythms where we practice doing theology from below, remember our shared vocation and induct each other into our collective humanity.
Daily Prayer
We invite you to give yourself the gift of 10 minutes each day to ground yourself in prayer. This week, the call to prayer comes from the Street Psalms Centering Prayer:
Come, Holy Spirit, wild and free. Do as you please. Shine your light on me that I might see things as they are, not as I am. Free me to act in your name with courage, creativity, and compassion.
Weekly Gospel Lectionary Resources
We follow the three-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle. We are currently in Ordinary Time, Year C:
Our lectionary resources are rooted in perspectives “from below” that embrace abundance and peacemaking. Each week, we offer the gospel text, context, question, community reflections, homily from James Alison, a Girardian reflection, poetry, prayer, and devotionals.
This Week's Lectionary:
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany – Year A
Matthew 5:38-48
5:38
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
5:39
But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,
5:40
and if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, give your coat as well,
5:41
and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile.
5:42
Give to the one who asks of you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.
5:43
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
5:44
But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
5:45
so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.
5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
5:47
And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the gentiles do the same?
5:48
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Weekly Preaching Peace Table
The Preaching Peace Initiative is designed for leaders who are exploring together what it means to teach and preach a liberating Gospel of peace in their city. We currently have two models of Preaching Peace Tables that are open source and available to anyone who wants to develop their own expression: Citywide Table and Church/Ministry Table. Learn more about hosting your own table here.
Street Psalms hosts a weekly table for leaders who facilitate Preaching Peace Tables (or are interested in starting a Table). We gather around the gospel lectionary text to practice doing theology from below. All are welcome to join.
Note: We will be taking a break from this weekly gathering July 30-August 30, 2025.
September 3 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table
September 10 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table
September 17 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table
Monthly Commons Gathering
A monthly service hosted by and for the ordained community, dedicated to remembering our common call to develop incarnational leaders for the sake of the city and the most vulnerable. This service seeks to cultivate community and pathways to formational opportunities, and is open to anyone who wishes to attend. The Commons is on the 4th Wednesday of each month.
August 27 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
The Commons
September 24 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
The Commons
October 22 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT