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"Emerging Light and Shadows" Remembering February 2nd's Sunday Gathering
Remembering the Gathering by Colter Murphy On February 2nd, the Confluence community gathered at UCC in the fireside room. The theme for...

Confluence Leadership Team
Feb 63 min read


Remembering Confluence's Celebration Gathering Sunday January 19th
Music for Contemplation "Prayer of Good Courage" by Kent Gustafson O God, you have called us To ventures where we cannot see the end By...

Confluence Leadership Team
Feb 63 min read


"God Is With Us" Remembering the December 15th Sunday Gathering
Music for Contemplation: Immanuel by The Liturgists Carry me to the place unknown where the river runs so deep where the water cold...

Confluence Leadership Team
Dec 17, 20243 min read


"Hope is Worth the Risk" Remembering the December 1st Sunday Gathering
Music for Contemplation: And you will sleep by Philip Biedenbender The walls of a stable are not worthy of a king. You come, little...

Confluence Leadership Team
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Elemental Selves
by Karin A. Craven “Tell me, what is God? God is the breath inside the breath.” ~Kabir~ Elements – earth,...

Karin Craven
Oct 9, 20244 min read


Sun Stories - Summer 2024
This summer Confluence invited our members to be attuned to the stories of the sun and the stories of our lives that are made under the...

Confluence Leadership Team
Sep 12, 20244 min read


Finding Sanctuary in the Stranger
A meditation on Caroline Shaw's multi-movement choral work, "To the Hands".

Rebekah Cochrane
Jun 13, 20243 min read


Intentions and Impact: a Lake Apart
This story is about intentions. Flathead Lake holds the manifestations of past intentions, those yet to manifest, and those yet to be named.

Colter Murphy
Mar 6, 20244 min read


Changing Light
By Jacob Kvale The most mundane act, a morning drive to another day of work, presents an endless sea of possibility. It also presents a...
Jacob Kvale
Feb 5, 20242 min read


Matthew 2: Collage as Icon and the Massacre of Innocence
Bricolage is a creation from a diversity of materials at hand, using found objects or pieces of objects. Collage is also made from ad hoc...

Karin Craven
Jan 8, 20245 min read


Closer Dreams
Reading and writing poems about dreams brings them one step closer to reality

Colter Murphy
Dec 5, 20232 min read


Witnessing to Death
We honor ancestors, those who have died, and the spiritual presence of all beings with whom we are connected but that we cannot see.

Confluence Leadership Team
Nov 14, 20234 min read


Elemental Selves is Our Nature
As elemental creatures we emerge from creation itself. We are created from this water and that mud. We draw breath from winds that favor...

Karin Craven
Oct 10, 20234 min read


Intention & Connection from Coast to Valley
A poem and reflection on landscapes, shared wisdom, and all that calls us into the future.

Colter Murphy
Sep 5, 20232 min read


Welcome to the Confluence Blog!
A new place for sharing musings, ideas, and creative inspiration for spiritual nourishment

Confluence Leadership Team
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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