Rest – July 8, 2022
“I see the longing and despair all around me, and I think of Christ lying in the boat with his head on a pillow while the waves toss their craft around. Everyone is frantic, thinking death itself has come for them, and the creator of the universe is fast asleep. Glory. Sometimes the appropriate response […]
Fear – July 7, 2022
“Find those who tell you Do not be afraid, yet stay close enough to tremble with you. This is a love.” –Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh, p. 90
Belonging – July 6, 2022
“Solidarity is a group that stands together, and would do so for its weakest member. It is that community which resists the intoxicating lie of individuality—we live for ourselves and by ourselves. Solidarity dismisses self-preservation in favor of a new way—to sense the injustice, need, or glory of any one part as the unflinching responsibility […]
Calling – July 5, 2022
“Would you believe I have known seasons in which even the cadence of my voice has changed so that I might belong to a group of people whose stories and thoughts and ways were never anything like mine? But each year I know love and belonging—a love that doesn’t require sacrifice at the door of […]
