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Category: Speaking to the Soul

Take Up Your Bed and Go Home

May 17, 2018 No Comments

“…our refusal to forgive ourselves does paralyze us. The more we embroil ourselves in self-recrimination, the less we are able to create and to love.”

During our irregular education hour at church, we talked about expansive and alternative images for God, in the Bible and in our prayers. It was interesting to stretch our imaginations, and to find out where the stiffness of our necks and our prayer muscles pulled us back.

Reading the Story… Again and Again

May 15, 2018 No Comments

“Whether it’s Good Night Moon, The Nonsense Show, or the Book of Micah, the words found within are meant to inspire. And all stories point us to the Word in whom we all live and breathe and have our being.”

Is Jesus’ Ascension Ours?

May 14, 2018 No Comments

“We are in the world, but do not belong to the world. We are marked with eternity. We will be among the saints.”

A Little More Waiting

May 13, 2018 No Comments

“Like all those wacky, loveable sinners in the Bible, we are also confused and hurt and looking for a way out of the mechanized violence of the world and into the light of Christ’s Kingdom.”

The Leper’s Tale

May 12, 2018 No Comments

“I could take my place back in the town, and begin again to build my life, this time full of gratitude to God for the man Jesus and the miraculous healing.”

House Upon the Rock

May 11, 2018 No Comments

“Singing, I believe, opens us up to a deeper foundation in our relationship with God, and connects our house even tighter onto that rock.”

Ascension Day

May 10, 2018 No Comments

“We are truly immortal beings, wed in our very essence to the living God, who is love. And so it is only through loving – constantly, extravagantly, and unexpectedly – that we express our true natures.”