When the Devil Quotes Scripture

The Most High will command the angels to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone. – Psalm 91:11-12 What do you do when the devil quotes Scripture to you? That’s what happened to Jesus...

Rage

my heart is a burning wildfire of pain and conflict a loud blare of frustration and alarm a raging army of trumpets marching against their own breath, protesting the vain efforts of their own harmony building, calling, mocking, pounding, replaying the horror of...

Mountaintops

We climb the mountain to wait. Surrounded by a cloud, we wait. While the nations conspire, we wait. When brightness overwhelms us, we wait. Through the long night, we wait. Until the Spirit speaks, we wait. As we wait, we are already: your witnesses, your inheritance,...

Choosing Life & Death

Holy and Gracious God: Today we choose life — the bloom of hope, the breath of humility, the proximity of tenderness. Holy and Mysterious God: Today we choose death — the sunset of greed, the erosion of pride, the burial of violence. Holy and Creative God:...

Saltiness

My flavor is lost and my spirit is faint within me, but o my God, surely this salt of humanity can still be scattered on the ground to melt the ice we fear. My light is dim and my flesh is so very weary, but o my God, surely this lowly lamp can still hold one shadow...

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