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As rivers flow from a distant spring to quench our thirst and feed the earth, so let our lives flow from you, our Source, to counter death and nurture birth. – As Rivers Flow from a Distant Spring, All Creation Sings, #1046, David Bjorland Beloved of God, The shift to a NEW YEAR gives us […]

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.  The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.   – Isaiah 11:1-2 Beloved of God, For some […]

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” Luke 6:38 Beloved of God, November is a month of Thanksgiving in more ways than one.  It begins with our celebration […]

“I am grateful to God…when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.  Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am […]

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ…Now you are the body of Christ and individually members  of it.” 1 Corinthians 12:12, 26 Beloved of God, IT’S TIME. One year ago, after 18 months of pandemic […]

“I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old.  I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold.” Borning Cry, John Ylvisaker Beloved of God, There’s a crow “cawing” outside my office window at Peace right now.  A young bird, newly fledged, he’s trying to figure […]

“The individual is the meeting place of the four elements,” writes John O’Donahue of the ancient Celtic perspective.  “We have come up out of the depths.” We have this privilege, and with it a sacred obligation to live with meaning.  The word obligation sounds burdensome but is rooted beautifully in the Early French ligament – that which binds […]

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. – Jeremiah 29:11 Beloved of God, The instant Itzhak Perlman rolled onto the stage at Benaroya Hall April 20th, applause erupted from the packed house.  The adulation was palpable.  And for […]

Christ is the death of all that is, a bright, consuming fire, whose flames requires our prior self as kindling for the pyre. Christ is the death of dusty days of uncreative strife, for out from fire we tread upon the threshold of new life. – Susan Palo Cherwien Beloved of God, The journey of […]