NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, we leave the comfort of what we know, searching “over the rainbow” only to discover that, in the end, there is no place like home.
Continue reading →WILDERNESS WARNING: “…when trouble comes our way, God strengthens and guides us so that we are able to endure it. ”
Continue reading →PARDONED AND FREE: “Who is this merciful God that commands that we love our neighbor, bring justice to the oppressed, and take care of the orphan and widow? ”
Continue reading →IN WHOM DO WE TRUST?: So what can we do to gain back our ability to trust? I believe it begins with prayer.
Continue reading →ENCOUNTERING THE CHRIST: “When we put ourselves up on that mountain and are overshadowed by that cloud; when we hear God speak, our hearts pounding out of our chests, what will our heart feel?”
Continue reading →LOVING AND LETTING GO: “God sends rain on everyone – both the righteous and the unrighteous. And the sun rises on everyone – both the evil and the good.”
Continue reading →“…from Noah and Moses to the sons of Jacob, we hear about the law and the prophets, the promises and the prophecies, and we hear these stories about Jesus year after year. And somehow these stories, they sustain us, year after year.”
Continue reading →If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your gloom be like the noonday.
Continue reading →“…fasting is more than going without something…According to Isaiah fasting is a justice concern.”
Continue reading →Lent is a time for re-commitment; and time for us to search our hearts and with joy and sorrow assess how we have – and have not – lived in faithfulness to God.
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