Christmastide is never over. We carry the Light of Christ in our incarnate and complex lives, lives of betrayal, flight, fear, but also of faith that the Light will overcome the dark, always.
Scott Gunn reminds us that the Great Commission isn’t optional and that the time for action is now
More Isaiah! Luci and Jordan finish up with the prophet Isaiah
The vulnerability of life is pain, and the worry about pain is fear.
The Magi were seekers – we don’t know too much about them, not how many nor if they were all men nor their religion, except they came from the east and brought three gifts.
Integrity has eliminated all paid positions as of Dec 31, 2017 and will return to their roots, relying wholly on volunteers.
Raising money in churches, especially as the prospects diminish with the generational shifts, will more and more feel like the hard work of a prophet. Saying things people do not like hearing, asking for things people do not want to give, ranting about what’s important and what is not.
This week I think I’m going to concentrate on gifts — gifts that I was given at birth that maybe I have not developed as much as I could, and gifts that I can give, whether directly to Jesus or to God’s people who surround me
This is about how all of us belongs to God–every muscle, sinew, and organ, as well as every thought and hope that flies out of our neurons–and God’s promise of a new, dazzling body that makes our mortal bodies of flesh pale in comparison, that we can scarcely comprehend.
Anglican Church of Burundi recognized for its ambitious campaign to plant millions of trees across the country with support form Episcopal Relief and Development