
Speaking to the Soul: Storms of Fear
“When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came towards them early in the morning, walking on the
“When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came towards them early in the morning, walking on the
we can trust ourselves to know Christ when we hear him. He will speak the language of our own hearts. His words will be hope, acceptance, expansive creativity, possibility, paradox and joy.
When was a time you experienced conversion of way of life, or a significant change, and it took you a while to accept your “new name?” Who entered your life to help you navigate it?
Jesus’ light is a light for all nations, for all peoples, for all ages, races, and sexes. A light for the poor and the oppressed, a light for the hungry and the naked. A light for the sinner. A light that will keep shining because we will keep singing.
Who have you written off? In whom do you no longer even look for the light of God? Which enemy have you so thoroughly demonized that you can not see anything virtuous in them?
This Epiphany, let’s practice looking up, looking for a star, and not just hanging our heads and hiding our eyes from what’s in front of us for fear of what’s going to happen in the next step or two that we take. Follow the star, keep the faith, and plunge ahead.
When the winds of our own fearful hearts and our unruly tongues are causing us to sink into ourselves, we are to rebuke it–and name it to God, and ask how we are to live differently.
We are not meant for security, we are meant for love.
I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven…
by Kimberly Knowle-Zeller From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense