A Random Selection of Posts from “On the Way”

Kayla McClurg periodically shared wisdom from others and from herself in website posts. Her 26 posts from 2006 to 2014 are in this collection. Some of them appear below in random order.

  • Call, in a World Come of Age

    by Fred Taylor When I first was exposed to The Church of the Saviour, what immediately impressed me was the presence of a lot of blessings—helpful preaching and teaching, heartwarming, healing relationships, laughing and having fun together, and seriousness about things that really matter. In this community there was the awareness and acknowledgement of pain along with contagious joy. The community was grounded in a reality bigger than itself. I wanted what I felt and … Read More

  • Trust the Stream

    by N. Gordon Cosby “There is a river…whose streams gladden the city of God….” [Psalm 46:4] The stream flowing through our lives is from eternity to eternity.  It is artesian. It is totally adequate. Everything we need is borne by that stream. Its origin is the realm beyond, and it carries infinite resources. In this space-time realm, conditioned as we are, the stream can seem to be a trickle. It seems puny against the drugs … Read More

  • Joining God’s Dream

    by Kayla McClurg For each of us there comes a moment, or a slow series of moments, when we sense the Great Love of the Universe, the One Who Is Beyond–God–as a personally felt presence. Something cold in us warms, something stiff in us loosens, and we sense a turning, an allowing, a yes. “Yes, I am ready to hear you, God. I am ready to deepen my connection to you and to your family. I am ready to be completely … Read More

  • Intend God Altogether

    by Muriel Lipp When I first came to The Church of the Saviour, one of the things that attracted me most was the holding of disciplines. If we claimed to be disciples, I thought, we should live in a disciplined fashion, and here was a church that took this seriously. We would attend worship regularly (not only when we felt like it), pray daily, go on silent retreat at least once a year, contribute proportionally, participate … Read More

  • Community and Isolation

    by David Hilfiker Editor’s Note: David Hilfiker is giving a gift to the community by going public about his early stage Alzheimer’s. Here he reflects on a personal moment that speaks also to issues that can arise in community at large. ========== My wife Marja and I were at a silent retreat at Dayspring with others from our faith community this past weekend. We entered the Great Silence after Friday dinner and remained silent until after Sunday morning worship. We … Read More

  • Work That is Real

    by Kayla McClurg “The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.” – Marge Piercy When the doctor calmly told me, in that sudden crazy phone call, that my heart had an urgent problem and I needed to get to the nearest emergency room immediately, I went. But not before walking up, then back down, a flight of 15 steps to get a book. I actually risked death to keep … Read More

  • Resting Into Real Faith

    by Jim Knight This morning during my prayer time, I read these words of Henri Nouwen in his book Making All Things New: “Our first task is to dispel the vague, murky feelings of discontent and to look critically at how we are living our lives. This requires honesty, courage and trust. We must honestly unmask and courageously confront our many self-deceptive games. We must trust that our honesty and courage will lead us not to despair, … Read More

  • On My Way to Where I Want to Be

    by Audrey Metz “Where are you in your journey of being with ‘the least of these’?” That is a question that makes me a bit uncomfortable because I haven’t gotten very far. I’m further along the road than I was a year ago, even six months ago, but any progress I’ve made has very little to do with any maps I drew up or any goal I set for myself. I believe that God got … Read More