“The Call to Discipleship” Written by Ashley Whitham for Mission Center Conference 2024 I feel that tugging – a pulling on my heart a whisper in my mind I feel that tugging to choose – You or the world Your suggestions or the world’s demands I feel that tugging to choose who I will be…
Breath Prayer Written by Ashley Whitham for Mission Center Conference 2024 Inhale: God calls me Exhale: to my whole self Inhale: I will be me Exhale: with my community Inhale: I shine brightly Exhale: on the sacred spectrum…
“The Call” Written by Ashley Whitham for Mission Center Conference 2024 It’s Thursday morning. You just put the kids on the bus. You’re in the middle of doing the dishes, and God calls. You answer, obviously, but God says, “I need you.” “Yes, God. Sunday morning at 11. I’ll be there!” you reply. But God…
I was born and raised in Raytown, Missouri, baptized and guided in the Raytown RLDS / Community of Christ congregation. I am a 5th generation member of this church on my mom’s side, so my roots run deep. My parents, Art & Louise Timson, my three sisters and I, were very involved in all activities…
Walking a labyrinth. Taking deep breaths. Centering ourselves in the quiet. Communing with nature. Spiritual practices often invoke within us visions of serious adults, engaging in serious discernment for serious reasons. Because how else could God communicate with us unless God could see how seriously we’re taking this? But in Community of Christ, we express…
Offered by Ashley Whitham on January 14, 2024 at Community Connections Online Worship God of handshakes, God of fist bumps, God of back-slapping hugs and forehead kisses, We invite Your Spirit of relationship to join with us tonight as we celebrate the blessings of community. Whether we frequent a church building, meet friends in the…
A Centering Moment written by Ashley Whitham (she/her) and presented at ‘Coming Out Monologues 6’ held October 11, 2023. At this time, I would invite you to sit comfortably, stable and connected to what is beneath you. And close your eyes if that feels safe to you. Let’s take a few breaths in and out,…
“When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come . . ..” Leonardo DaVinci I have loved the image that this saying inspires since it was impressed upon my heart when I was a…
by Ashley Whitham Discipleship Development Minister This may seem weird to some, but I’m a firm believer that discernment can and should be fun. Too often ministers make it too serious, and the process becomes heavy and burdensome. We make it too hard. What gets in the way of discernment being fun? First our own…
Spiritual Practice Presented at GPNW MC Conference 2022 Pastors and Staff Breakfast By Ashley Whitham This morning, I’ll invite you to sit comfortably with your feet on the floor, and preferably with support against your back. Close your eyes. In your mind, imagine yourself in a large circle. If there were a target on the…