Mar 16, 2014 | discipleship, Lent, prayer
From familiar and comfortable spaces, you call us: Go. In the dead of night when questions burn, you invite us: Come. Where there is flesh and fellowship, you beckon us: Draw near. Coming and going. Gathering and parting. Growing and grieving. We are so keenly aware,...
Mar 15, 2014 | healing, Lent, prayer
When those who were around Jesus saw what was coming [that Judas was betraying Jesus to the authorities], they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword?” Then one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus said,...
Mar 14, 2014 | Lent, news, prayer
239 vanished. Hundreds more waiting, wondering. O Lord, hear our prayers. Britney and Crystal. Beloved, found by the trash. O Lord, hear our prayers. Two collapsed. Bricks and mortar and lives. O Lord, hear our prayers. One on fire. Countless more burning in silence....
Mar 13, 2014 | Lent, psalm
I lift my eyes to my smartphone; from whence comes news of help? My help comes from job security, a network of friends, a tax return. Meanwhile, the LORD who set the foundations of the earth will not let me stand still and brings more trouble than rest. The sun is...
Mar 12, 2014 | Jesus, Lent, prayer, scripture
Do you not care? Our sons and our sisters, our daughters and our fathers. Do you not care? The backs bent 24/7 just to survive their days. Do you not care? Corruption of prophesy, division incited in your name. Do you not care? The hungry and the poor trampled by...
