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Author: Lowell Grisham

Downward Mobility

March 30, 2012 No Comments

Jesus’ life has a pattern of downward mobility.

When I am awake and observant, alive to the wonder and beauty of life, my heart is more alive. When I am in touch with a sense of gratitude, my heart is softer. When I am motivated primarily by compassion, my actions are more heartfelt.

God’s Labor Movement

March 27, 2012 No Comments

Anyone who takes the Bible seriously is probably going to have a pro-labor inclination.

God’s Attack

March 26, 2012 No Comments

It seems that one of the characteristics that sometimes accompanies a sense of calling from God is an attending sense of threat or attack from God.

Channeling Love

March 23, 2012 No Comments

If love is the energizing cauldron of emotion, how do we channel that energy into constructive rather than destructive actions?

Gifts

March 21, 2012 1 Comment

I like to say that everyone has gifts, what are yours? …I think it is important also to realize that not everyone gets every spiritual gift.

Generosity in a Pluralistic World

March 19, 2012 2 Comments

How do we live rightly in a pluralistic world? Today’s New Testament readings raise old issues that are new every day.

Psalm 88

March 16, 2012 2 Comments

I’m glad we have Psalm 88. I’m glad we read it out loud in public. There are times and conditions that we experience as unmitigated sadness. There are circumstances that are hopeless.

When to Limit our Freedom

March 14, 2012 No Comments

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 — — Week of 3 Lent Readings for the Daily Office (Book of Common Prayer, p. 955) Psalms 119:97-120 (morning) //

Hope in Tragedy

March 13, 2012 No Comments

I’ve known people who have lost relationships, jobs and dreams only to find that their loss became the means for an experience of freedom that opened a door to unimagined new possibilities.