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Category: Speaking to the Soul

Speaking to the Soul: Redemption

April 30, 2017 No Comments

So, get out there and be redeemed, Jesus was the One! And when we see one another around the Kingdom, I’ll call you Betty, and you can call me Al.

Speaking to the Soul: Relics

April 29, 2017 No Comments

Relics are things which beg to be pondered. They ask us to consider what these objects, images, and artifacts meant to those who created and used them, and then what relevance they have for us today.

Speaking to the Soul: Speaking Truth to Power

April 28, 2017 3 Comments

Sadly, Christian history doesn’t have the greatest track record when it comes to speaking truth to power, and challenging the privilege associated with empire.

Speaking to the Soul: I Can’t Wait to See

April 27, 2017 No Comments

… abiding in Christ is never simply a quiet, restful experience. It is always a dying to be reborn, a deep delving and rooting so that new, green shoots appear.

Speaking to the Soul: The Sign of Jonah

April 26, 2017 4 Comments

Who are the “Ninevites” and “Queens of the South” these days—outsiders who recognize the wisdom of Jesus’ teachings and turn in the right direction even when the self-titled Christ-followers do not?

Speaking to the Soul: Alleluia! Alleluia!

April 25, 2017 No Comments

How about you? Where have you experienced the world with resurrection eyes?

Speaking to the Soul: Jesus Prays for Us

April 24, 2017 No Comments

Jesus prays for us. I suppose it should not be surprising that this is how Jesus chose to spend his quickly dwindling time. And, yet, it is incredibly humbling to sit with this knowledge.

Speaking to the Soul: Break Out of Your Tomb

April 23, 2017 4 Comments

We have not yet broken the pattern of the tomb! How will we ever get free?

Speaking to the Soul: What happened to “Happy Easter?”

April 22, 2017 9 Comments

He is risen, the focus message of Easter and all the little Easters that come after it. We celebrate it all year, so why not use the phrase at least during the official liturgical season?

Speaking to the Soul: Two Visions

April 21, 2017 No Comments

To love is to put your tenderest self out in the world like a spring flower sending up fresh green shoots. Sometimes we will become beautiful daffodils and sometimes the deer will eat us.