Speaking to the Soul: A Clean Start
Monday mornings–especially Monday morning of Holy Week!–are great opportunities for a clean start. A few verses from the Psalms help us all start over.
Monday mornings–especially Monday morning of Holy Week!–are great opportunities for a clean start. A few verses from the Psalms help us all start over.
Does it sometimes feel like God’s calling us long-distance? Today we listen for a better connection.

But the Master’s voice is not speaking here. I know because I suddenly hear it, very faint, very far away. I have to stop all talking, all moving, even all thinking, and turn around. It’s coming from somewhere out there, out beyond the Jordan, in the uncivilized, unnamed places.
God rolls up his sleeve and flexes some muscle on this Feast of the Annunciation.

For forty days we have walked the way of repentance. We have been taught the lesson of forgiveness. Now, from the cross, Jesus tells us: It is finished. We are saved. We are forgiven.
Ever wonder why you’ve been made the way you are? Today’s Speaking to the Soul encourages us to ask.
There are many kinds of bread that we will eat in the course of a day, a week, a life. Let’s not forget to eat the bread of life that Jesus offers.

We are like crocuses in the brown flower beds. The children of God are something special. We are heirs, joint heirs with Christ, of God’s freedom and glory. Pushing our way into the light we bring to the world color that has never been seen before. We are meant for nothing less than setting the world free from its bondage to decay.
How is God the potter shaping our lives and our communities today?
Paul describes Christians as widows who are open to new life and love in Christ.