Reading Time: 2 minutes This week’s Word of Advent is joy. Joy is something all of us have experienced but few of us are …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes In the early 70s Richard Nixon mocked war protesters by throwing up double peace signs and shaking his jowls like …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Four words have defined Advent for centuries: Love, peace, joy, and hope. Each week I’ll turn one of those words …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Can love change things? We hear the word too often and our troubles continue. And yet. . . . love …
Sunday Psalm: A Prayer Seeking God’s Powerful, Healing Love Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Courage is not the absence of fear. We’ve all heard this. It’s easy to define things by what they are …
Sunday Psalm: A Prayer for Courage to Season Your Life Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes For most of my life I didn’t drink water the way the experts say you’re supposed to. In summer we …
Sunday Psalm: A Prayer for those Parched for God’s Overflowing Presence Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Does our division as a world, country, and church stem from the fact that we are afraid to admit our …
Sunday Psalm: An Honest Prayer Asking God for Forgiveness, Redemption, and Renewal Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes I nearly died from a heart attack in December 2015. Praise God I did not. But since then I’ve realized …
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a trouble and trust psalm. The Psalms often start by naming the trouble the psalmist and the people …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Alpha and Omega: You said, the first shall be last. We thought this a polite, simple rule. But in your …