Oct 22, 2022 | healing, hope, Lent, wholeness
O children, be glad and rejoice in God, who has poured down for you abundant rain. The threshing floor shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. I am your God, and you shall never again be put to shame. Then afterward, I will pour out my...
Aug 19, 2022 | healing, mental health
In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me. (Psalm 71:1-2, NRSV) One thing about living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the debilitating shame. The...
Jul 3, 2022 | courage, healing, justice, peace, prayer
if only, my god, the river of healing left its banks to come heal us where we stand with our feet stuck in the mud if only, my god, the letter of peace penned itself to the angry mobs and violent landlords who worship cruelty if only, my god, the silver coins and gold...
Apr 4, 2022 | grace, healing
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God. – 2 Corinthians 3:4-5 (NRSV) Competent. Is that a high bar or a low one? For all the competence...
Feb 3, 2022 | discipleship, healing, mental health, wholeness
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness; for you have exalted your name and your word above everything. On the day I called, you answered me, you increased my strength of soul. – Psalm 138:2-3...
Dec 20, 2021 | Advent, faith, healing, hope
When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. – Psalm 126:1 (NRSV) Am I the only person who reads Scripture and begins to hum a Broadway tune? “We were like those who dream,” pens the psalmist, and I start singing: “I dreamed a...
