Read today’s lectionary Pentecost! A day of wind and flame as we celebrate the dramatic way the Holy Spirit was poured out for all people. When we speak of wind and flame or fire, we speak of things that can disrupt. A fire can bring cozy warmth to an evening when people gather around a … [Read more…]
Our journey toward abundant living is like walking a spiritual labyrinth repeatedly from an ever deepening inner space. We walk toward the center to be transformed by God’s love; then we walk outward to transform our small space in the world by reflecting God’s love. There is no intention to trick us or get us … [Read more…]
…he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. (Acts 1.4) Read Acts 1:1-14 and Luke 24:44-53 “Prepare to Be Patient” – this is the headline of an article in a magazine that was left open on the kitchen table. Prepare to be patient? That caught my … [Read more…]
The Divine Indwelling * Today’s lectionary readings In God we live and move and have our being. (Acts 17.28a) …because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. (John 14: 19b-20) I invite you to take some … [Read more…]
Please read the lectionary for today. Hymn for the day: Gather Us In, verses 1, 2, 4, The Faith We Sing #2236, Marty Haugen Gather us in! Out of darkness into marvelous light… Wouldn’t that be marvelous – to gather again! This hymn is one of my favorites, and on the mornings when we are … [Read more…]
Please read the Lectionary for today. How many times in the last few weeks have you heard “together” on TV ads or in the news? We’re in this together, we’ll come through this together, #…together…, together we can, together we will, together at home, together apart, together we’ll beat it, stronger together… We can do … [Read more…]
