Feb 28, 2020 | Lent, 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...
Feb 16, 2020 | death, prayer, scripture
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:...
Aug 2, 2019 | prayer, scripture
For the overworked, the stressed-out, the stretched-too-thin, the full-time-with-a-side-hustle, the workaholic, the can’t-stop-or-the-ends-won’t-meet, and the all-I-value-about-myself-is-productivity, a prayerful reminder: If I do all. the. things. but...
Jul 21, 2018 | comfort, faith, news, scripture
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be...
Jun 17, 2016 | justice, love, scripture, theodicy
Ahab will come armed with scripture and swords and prophets to say ‘you are wrong’ to say ‘your life is anathema to mine’ to say ‘it is my god-given task to make your life hell’ and he’s right — not that he must make...
Jun 10, 2016 | confession, faith, prayer, scripture
for judgmental faith, forgive me for envious faith, forgive me for comparative faith, forgive me for dissatisfied faith, forgive me for stationary faith, forgive me for restrained faith, forgive me on Luke...
