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Category: Speaking to the Soul

Thanksgiving over the water

June 14, 2017 No Comments

I have always been drawn to the water. The infinite possibilities of an empty horizon, and the wash of air surrounding my body with its

Come let us sing to the Lord

June 13, 2017 No Comments

The gift of showing up week after week not because a certain service or styles meets our needs, but that it provides for our neighbors and gives thanks to God.

Danger, Danger Will Robinson

June 12, 2017 1 Comment

Trinity Sunday is the most dangerous Sunday of the year! How can a day be dangerous? Well, maybe it’s not the day itself. But, danger lurks there on the edges…

Just Two Cents Worth

June 12, 2017 No Comments

A lot of people do not vote or contact their elected representatives to express their concerns and their desires because they think their two cents isn’t going to make any difference.

Being Barnabas

June 12, 2017 No Comments

Barnabas seems to be that friend, or co-worker, that we all want to have. It’s clear why the apostles called him ‘Son of Encouragement’.

Amid the tongues of dancing illumination, things got clear. Christ’s followers suddenly knew what they were trying to say, and they said it. They were so full of the telling that they seemed drunk. They spoke right to the hearts of their listeners.

Speaking to the Soul: Martyrs

June 3, 2017 No Comments

This week I will be thinking about true martyrs — people that honestly suffered and quite often died for something they believed in that was greater than themselves

Speaking to the Soul: Being Real

June 2, 2017 No Comments

There is no one right way to go through life, but letting other’s define if we are ‘real’ enough is surely one of the wrongs we can do to ourselves.

Speaking to the Soul: The Practice of Love

June 1, 2017 2 Comments

All of us, no matter our religion or race or cultural heritage, can share blood. Blood types do not correspond to what we mistakenly think of as racial distinctions, for what we call race is only a set of variations that are skin deep.

Speaking to the Soul: Exulting in the Spirit

May 31, 2017 No Comments

How often do we grope and grasp for some reassurance of God’s presence in our lives, and struggle to hold on to hope when the anxieties and pressures of life seem to crush in upon us?