God’s Unwieldy Love – Oct. 29, 2019
“God’s unwieldy love, which cannot be contained by our words, wants to accept all that we are—nothing of our humanity is to be discarded. No part of our hardwiring or our messy selves is to be disparaged. Where we stand, in all our mistakes and imperfection, is holy ground. It is where God has chosen […]
Streaming from Me Like a River – Oct. 28, 2019
I believe in all that has never yet been spoken. I want to free what waits within me so that what no one has dared to wish for may for once spring clear without my contriving. If this is arrogant, God, forgive me, but this is what I need to say. May what I do […]
Deliver Us – Oct. 25, 2019
We turn to You and Your mercy, O God of barren places and friend of the oppressed. We stand in need of conversion, from pain to peace, from sadness to joy, from guilt to affirmation. Lead us not into isolation, but delivers us from anger, for Yours is the kindness, the patience, the strength we […]
Into Mission – Oct. 24, 2019
O Holy One of Blessing You call us into mission in a multitude of ways. Some of us travel around the earth, some of us tend Your gardens and Your vineyards nearer home. Be with us all as we struggle to the ministry of your making, and may we always stay in touch with the […]