No astronomer’s telescope or psychiatrist’s couch has ever found a storm that could not be calmed by the love of Christ. His peace awaits us, safe on the shore… only a prayer away.
The national Episcopal Church and its S.C. parishes proposed a settlement with a breakaway group earlier this month that would have ended litigation over $500 million worth of property. That offer was rejected today.
Knowing that the things we hate in others are also the things we hate in ourselves can help us develop compassion both for them and for ourselves. If you have been judgmental like Eli, then do what he did and stop judging others. Instead of judgment, offer a blessing instead.
As we walk by faith, not by sight, we may feel that we have been set down in desolate spots at times. Then the morning comes, and we behold the wonders of heaven, right beneath our feet.
Jesus wasn’t running across the street or from next door, but he was challenging authority, or, at least, people who felt they had the authority to call him to heel when it came to teaching, preaching, and passing on the good news.
So in short, I think it calls all cis people to listen and feel instead of run our mouths. ~Maria Evans
No matter how much we arrange, we micro-manage, and we attempt to suit ourselves, the seed of the gospel still sprouts where it will, and the rich earth of faith we have been given will produce of itself.
The United States’ multi-racial population has grown at three times the rate of the general population since the beginning of the millennium.
Barnabas, whose name means “Son of Encouragement”, takes up Paul’s cause. Recounting the story of Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, he invites Christ’s disciples to see this person they have hated with different eyes. He asks them to take a risk and believe Paul has truly changed, has come to follow Jesus. Because Barnabas is so very convincing, they do.
If we live to return God’s love, he will surely bring the growth and the greatness… not the single season kind, but the eternal kind… blooming in God’s perennial garden, watered by the saving blood of Christ.