Category: Speaking to the Soul

“With the final Amen 
she watches her children 
race down the aisle 
arms wide open …”

“How does one respond to such an awesome reminder of God’s wondrous might? The psalm reminds us that our proper response to God is ‘Wow!’ Listen, for in verse 9: ‘And in the temple of the Lord, all are crying, ‘Glory!’”

“It isn’t all about rainbows and colors, though. I look out my window from my computer desk toward several trees across the street with their layers of green due to the natural colors of the leaves and the shades and hues the light of the sun gives them.”

“Praise God with fidgety hands and wiggly bodies
praise God with feet pumping through the air on swings
praise God with clapping hands and tapping feet….”

“It is clear to me that this big, big life was fueled by a love for God and the  hope of the Gospel.”

“There is so much to love on this planet.  Leviathans, earthworms, gentle-eyed deer, geese with their fuzzy babies, owls, pelicans, squirrels — each is a being, a ‘Thou” as Martin Buber would say.  And God, as Artist, loves when we fall in love with one.”

“But that’s the thing about critics of those of us who point to the gaps in our knowledge as places to discover God: they miss out on the wonder, the awe, the wide-eyed stare of an inquiring child that we all can embody if we only allow ourselves to be inspired and amazed and blown away by the awesome power of God’s creation.”

“God is still speaking new life
Into goodness and blessing
Stirring the waters of baptism …”