Jul 21, 2023 | healing, love, relationships
Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, famished. Esau demanded, “Let me eat some of that!” Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” Esau moaned, “I am about to die! Of what use is a birthright if I starve to death?” Jacob said, “Swear...
May 24, 2023 | relationships
Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” They answered, “John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.” He said to them, “But who do...
Apr 2, 2023 | blessing, relationships
Hail and hallelujah! Welcome, and praise be for your safe arrival. We were not the same without you, but now joy and hope have multiplied within us. Hail and hosanna! Come by here, and let us honor your journey. We will break bread to nourish you, and share tears to...
Nov 6, 2022 | lament, relationships
Let me go, for the long night has run its course. Let me go, and release me into the dawning day. Let me go, for now I have wrestled long enough. Let me go, and do not keep me for your own blessing. Let me go, for my life has paid your price twice over. Let me go, and...
Jun 17, 2022 | love, news, relationships
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, “Put your hand under my thigh and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will get a wife for my son Isaac.” – Genesis 24:1-4...
Apr 16, 2022 | death, relationships
Dear One: I loved you in secret, so I must grieve you in secret. Every revelation from you is now a salve for my grief, and I bless the holy breath that gave birth to my spirit. I once sought you in shadows, now I bury you in the shadows with aloe and myrrh and linen—...
