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We do not call this world our own, yet we will make this earth our home; Holy One, in you alone.  – Ray Makeever, Holy One, In You Alone. © 1993. Beloved of God, There are times in our lives when events or threads come together in such a way that we discern a shared […]

Do you think of them as decoration?   Think again. Here are maples, flashing. And here are the oaks, holding on all winter to their dry leaves. And here are the pines, that will never fail, until death, the instruction to be green. And here are the willows, the first to pronounce a new year. May […]

“It’s more than me.  It’s about the Word.  About the people.  There are voices to be heard. It’s about LOVE.  About GRACE.  About knowing that we’re all one race.” – Laura Bermes, More Than Me*   Beloved of God, What do the words graced, affirmed, humbled, overwhelmed, blessed, moved, challenged, and wowed all have in […]

“Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom of Israel?”  Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in […]

The risen Christ, who walks on wounded feet from garden tomb through darkened city street, unlocks the door of grief, despair, and fear, and speaks a work of peace to all who hear.   The risen Christ, who stands with wounded side, breathes out his Spirit on them to abide whose faith still wavers, who […]

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days…he said, “Take away the stone”…and he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind […]

“As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” – Galatians 3:27 Beloved of God, It’s become a favorite of our children and their friends.  Whenever they bring playmates over, they inevitably head for the basement.  That’s where all the cool stuff is: a growing Legos collection, an assortment of […]

Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge: “Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here.  Bring health to the sick.  […]

For you shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace; The mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” – Isaiah 55:12 Beloved of God, The New Year is here—wanna dance? I certainly feel like it!  What gets me […]