When hope is elusive it is a comfort to know that Jesus is not oblivious to the fear and sorrow that can crowd out hope.
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It will be a quieter Christmas. It will be a still Christmas and in that stillness perhaps we can focus more clearly on the meaning of incarnation — of God’s entrance into human experience in the person of Jesus.
It will be a different Thanksgiving holiday, for sure, but one thing will remain: We will remember to do what the holiday is supposed to remind us to do: give thanks.
Christian living is living moment to moment as an expression of Shalom — an average day like any other day (which, to clarify, is always a God-moment waiting to be discovered!)
Jesus said that the rain falls on the just and the unjust, and God makes the sun to shine both on the good and the evil alike.
Soul work is personal, but it is not just for you. Soul work understands that in Christ our lives are intertwined, and not just with the people we like.
In these days when a quick text or an email that flies off our fingers (and thumbs) pulsing through space getting important messages across quickly, it’s good to also remember the art and science of writing.
This Sunday in both the Gathering and Sanctuary services, I’ll share the perfect reminder of how to live with hope in a world full of hurt.
Much of what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount (as with most of his life and teachings) was unexpected and contrary to popular perceptions.
May we go out to be God’s people turning the world right side up — turning on its head complacency, injustice, prejudice, moral indifference, hatred, and smug self-satisfaction.