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

Join our global community in daily prayer. The digital version of our prayer bead guide is designed to help the Street Psalms community embody our shared vocation and animate our charism of “seeing and celebrating good news in hard places.” Its structure is simple. The prayer beads begin and end at the cross. Six large beads mark the contemplative movements of the prayer: Centering Prayer, See, Do, Be, Free, and the Prayer of Vocation. Small beads indicate specific prayers or reflections within each movement. Contained within the loop of the prayer beads is the “rule” of our community – the questions we hold in common.

VIEW THE DIGITAL PRAYER GUIDE

Weekly Gospel Lectionary Resources

We follow the three-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle. We are currently in the season of Ordinary Time, Year A:

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:

Proper 19 (24) – Year A

Welcome to the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost. In this week’s Gospel, Peter asks a question that may feel painfully relevant to all of us: “How many times should I forgive?” Surely there must be a limit.

Jesus responds by blowing the roof off the conversation. “Not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” This isn’t a larger quota. “Seventy-seven” is biblical code for eternal completeness. In other words, there is no limit to forgiveness inside the Kingdom. God doesn’t merely dole out mercy, as if it were a limited commodity to be dispensed when feeling especially generous. God IS mercy, and forgiveness is the operating system of God’s Kingdom…

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.

September 9 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT

Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table

September 16 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT

Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table

September 30 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT

Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table

October 7 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT

Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table

October 14 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT

Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table

October 21 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT

Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table

November 4 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PST

Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table

November 11 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PST

Street Psalms Preaching Peace Table

November 18 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PST

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.

September 23 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT