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Category: Speaking to the Soul

A Prayer for the Day

October 17, 2017 No Comments

O Lord, it’s been a day, already. And I haven’t even gotten out of bed.

Pilgrimage

October 16, 2017 No Comments

The world is full of inadvertent pilgrims. Millions fleeing the wars in the Middle East and Africa. Others forced to seek new places escaping fire, flood, starvation, pestilence, and enemies.

Dear friends, we can’t let these little trials beat the love out of us. When you feel the hostility rise, and the blanket of being right enfolds you, ask yourself this? What kind of person am I becoming? Who will I be when this is all over?

One hand, one finger, one change

October 14, 2017 No Comments

One person, one action, one small deed of kindness, one check, one thank you, one smile like all little things, can join together to become a big thing, and the big thing can change the world.

You Are Needed

October 13, 2017 No Comments

Paul reminds us that in the Body of Christ, no part is expendable. Every part–from head to foot, has a function, and the function of the body as a whole is to praise God. Yet that body–marvelous as it is–can always use another part–us.

Daring to Pray

October 12, 2017 4 Comments

I dare an open moment, an expectant silence. I dare to believe that I matter, that God has many things that God would say to me. I dare to believe that God yearns to say them.

Great News

October 11, 2017 No Comments

…at those moments of connecting with nature, feeling a sense of communion with the “dirt clod” natural world around us, the ego sometimes falls away, and we get a taste of the freedom Paul experienced and Jesus exemplified.

What Are You Carrying?

October 10, 2017 2 Comments

And then there are those mornings when it feels like you’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Those days when no one else can see what you’re carrying deep inside.

Shards? Or Mosaic?

October 9, 2017 No Comments

In this time of every day soul gutting news, can we still see ourselves as One Body, One Cup?

Put Away Your Sword

October 8, 2017 No Comments

What about you? Has there been a time when your harsh words felt warm and right in the moment but turned out to be just another turn in the cycle of violence?