The church of Jesus Christ is about to change, and the God who refuses to be boxed up is calling us to go with Him; to move from institutional maintenance to spiritual renewal. It’s time to go.
Christians of the Celtic tradition tell us that something of the image of God is reflected in all things God has made, and that all creation is a reflection of God’s own self. Creation calls us to join that chorus of praise.
The dove as symbol for the Holy Spirit does not provide us freedom from all affliction, but shows us that the spirit joins us in our place of suffering and enables us to make the journey.
The feeding miracle lies in the charge Jesus made to the disciples: to bring all they had to him. Then he blessed that gift and gave an abundant meal back to them to distribute, as His hands and feet in the world. Let it be so with us.
In this COVID wilderness, children need someone to protect them. Jesus, who had a special place in his heart for them, with keep his faith over them forever.
Every good and perfect gift is a gift of God, and you are one of those creations. That’s why the Word within us and the work we do are worth remembering.
Joshua told the Israelites — and God tells us today —choose for yourself whom you will serve. The choice we make is reflected in the life we live.
There something in each of us that knows our home is in Christ, even with the resistance to that truth the world places before us. Come to the table to discover it anew.
As a church, we are somewhere between who we once were and who God is now calling us to be. We can trust in meeting this challenge, because God is trustworthy, and He is always doing something new.
There is a moment in every story in which the presence of grace can be felt as it waits to be accepted or rejected. Choosing the grace-filled thing is often choosing the hard thing, and our lives reflect that choice.