Category: Blog
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Why Isn’t This Working?
…in the busyness of our lives and in our desires to be successful and content, we can get caught up and overlook where God is working, where He may be leading us, and what He might be showing us.
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Our Easter Mission
We don’t keep the saving grace of Easter to ourselves. We don’t just celebrate the redemption of the Resurrection, we do our best to live it, and most importantly, we share it.
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‘Keeping Watch’
…we find ourselves at the foot of the cross, gazing up through our tears to see where our sins, worries, and fears have been taken.
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‘Let Your Light So Shine’
…when we are a faithful ‘light’ for others, people are attracted to that light.
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Restoring Our Spiritual Sight
We seek that gift of restored spiritual sight, so we can better recognize the light of the Lord’s presence, where He is working in us, and that we’re receiving His complete attention. When our spiritual sight is clouded or obscured by our challenges, hurts, and struggles, the Light of Christ…
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Relearning Old Lessons
With hopefulness, I welcome these special encounters of faith, so I shouldn’t be too surprised when I get them. Even when they arrive as old lessons I need to relearn.
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Scenes for Our Lenten Prayer
This Lent offers something new for our spirit, and I find the scenes of Lent to be invitations to enlighten our prayer and contemplation. They are moments to enter so we can encounter what God would like us to see, hear, and experience this time.
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Keeping the Cross in Clear View
Our crosses connect us as members of His Body and call us in faith to follow Him and be strength and courage for one another.
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Our Lenten Journey Begins
I pray these weeks ahead enlighten our souls, ignite our faithful hearts, and ultimately renew us in the healing redemption of the Resurrected Lord.
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“Come Closer”
‘Come closer’ is a gentle, loving call to all of us….Before we engage on this incredible journey of repentance and healing, let’s consider how we can best respond to God’s invitation to ‘come closer.’
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Surrendering Our Questions…and Answers
It’s natural for us to be curious and seek answers. From TV shows to life’s complex situations, we desire to KNOW.
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‘Behold’ Moments
Behold. It gets our attention. Whether we read it for ourselves or hear it proclaimed, we know what follows deserves our faithful focus and prayerful reflection.
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Not One or the Other – Both
Colors make a difference. I remember discussing in a marketing class years ago that fast food restaurants often use bright colors to discourage their patrons from staying too long. Customers eating quickly then leaving make room for new customers to do the same. It’s a plan that satisfies both the…
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Trust in God’s Timing
Though it’s January, several shrubs and small trees that typically bloom in late spring are starting to bud months ahead of their ordinary schedule. This new growth seems unnatural for this time of year. Though we may not think this timing is ‘right,’ the trees are responding as they should…
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Our Faith is Not ‘Still’
When I walk through my neighborhood, I encounter the beautiful and melodic sounds of many windchimes. Each one is unique in design, and in the breeze, each one moves to create the sound it was specifically made for. Now that I know where the windchimes are, I see them regularly.…
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The Love of Advent (and Christmas)
The Love we recognize and receive this week doesn’t just complete our Advent preparation; it encompasses our journey. The unwavering and faithful love of God that binds our hope, peace, and joy now envelops us and invites us to renewal. ‘God so loved the world….’ (John 3:16). He still ‘so…
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The Joy of Advent
We reflected on joy about a month ago, and here we are again. It’s worth revisiting! As we ponder joy through the lens of Advent this week, we know it is something very special. So special that we are given the bold signs of the rose Advent wreath candle and…
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The Peace of Advent
While preparing for today’s entry, I had ‘peace’ on my mind, and the sight of the unusual stillness of this squirrel in the tree caught my eye. Normally, the squirrels in our yards are hurried in multiple directions, so I noticed this one remaining in place while very strong winds…
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The Hope of Advent
Now that we have stepped into the spiritual journey of Advent, we are invited to fully encounter the theme or meditation of the first week – hope. We already look toward several things in our lives with hope. There is a superficial (perhaps even fun) hope of ‘I hope my…
Journeying to Grace 