Apr 19, 2013 | healing, peace, psalm
How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! It is like a pianist pouring beauty into the world with every note, with every phrase rehearsed, reworked, with every scale spilled deliciously into a song like a mountain stream tumbling out over...
Mar 3, 2013 | healing, Lent, psalm, scripture
There: a daffodil is budding. My eyes have seen There: sisterly love is deepening. God’s salvation There: a wounded heart is healing. for all people There: a weary soul is dancing. to the glory of God There: a new vision is dawning. and I am at peace. (on Luke...
Jan 15, 2013 | comfort, healing, prayer
Holy Comforter, Living God, Healing Jesus, I really wish your soothing comfort kicked in faster like the immediacy of morphine or a fast-acting Tylenol. There are days when I would prefer to eliminate the ache of caring, the brokenness of loving, the heartbreak of...
Dec 12, 2012 | Advent, healing, nature, prayer
Come quickly, O Creator, to heal your broken trees. The cedars of Palestine are torn apart by rocket shrapnel. The cottonwoods of Mississippi are still grieving the mob lynchings, their memories held deep in their roots. The broad fig trees of Damascus are recoiling...
Nov 4, 2012 | discipleship, faith, healing, sermon
Many of us were taught to ask God for what we need for each day — that is, we learned to pray as the Lord’s Prayer instructs, “Give us this day our daily bread.” So we pray for daily bread, and for daily milk, and for daily eggs. We pray for...
Oct 5, 2012 | church, communion, healing, prayer, scripture, sermon
Before we read Mark 9:38-50, let’s reflect on this reading from James: “Are any among you suffering? You should pray. Are any cheerful? You should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick? You should gather with the elders and pray over them. The...
