The Archive

Category: Speaking to the Soul

Turkeys, Goats, and the King of Glory

November 27, 2017 No Comments

It is also a feast, one who continues in our Christ-fed lives into the kitchen, and to the family table.

Depraved, Excessive Superstition

November 26, 2017 1 Comment

Sure, we should give the money, say the prayers, but we should also do what we can to ally ourselves with those whom Jesus was allied with. In this way, we become one in fulfillment of Jesus’s final prayer that we all be one.

To Rise Above

November 25, 2017 No Comments

One of the messages of Jesus was that we needed to overcome our basic human natures and rise above them as we listened to his parables and his stories and learn to subdue the parts of us that don’t work to benefit others for glorify God.

Gathering in the margins

November 24, 2017 No Comments

When is a time you discovered that you needed to be “lost” in the periphery in order to allow Jesus to bring you back to love’s center?

Giving Thanks

November 23, 2017 No Comments

We belong to Christ, and though the world is violent and dark, Christ has conquered the world. What, then, do we have to fear? What greater joy is there than this?

The reconciling power of believing you are loved

November 22, 2017 No Comments

Even if we intellectually know that violence creates more violence, even if we worry that violence is destroying much that is good in our world, our bodies feel the satisfaction on a deep level as we see violence, once again, save the day.

A Prayer for the Table

November 21, 2017 No Comments

Whether we’re feeling alone… Or hurt… Or broken… Or angry… Or left out… Come to the table.

Listen to Him

November 20, 2017 1 Comment

Today we are reminded that we are promised our own transfiguration, not just struggling to be Christ-like by prayer and study of Scripture, but made perfect in Christ and a child of the Living God, a God who knows our name, who loves us warts and all

See You In The Outer Darkness!

November 19, 2017 2 Comments

… when you actively resist evil, other kingdoms quiver.

To mentor and foster: Hilda of Whitby

November 18, 2017 2 Comments

Who has mentored you? Who have you mentored? Who fostered you? Who have you fostered? What was the gain? What was the loss? Every person has the ability to foster someone else in some way, shape, or form.