One of the parts of creation that can be the most difficult to spot God in is ourselves. Let’s work on that today.
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Instead of forcing down our anxiety (Doesn’t God say not to be anxious, after all?) what we we found a new way through by hearing God’s heart in the command itself.
Read MoreBrene Brown points out the difference between awe and wonder - and both are appropriate responses to meeting God in nature.
Read MoreAs we think about the gift that nature is for helping us connect with God, we might also want to think about what equity looks like so that everyone can access nature.
Read MoreJesus gives very simple commands like “see the birds” and “watch the flowers.” It’s not fancy, but it can be remarkably healing.
Read MoreToday we read a poem by Jan Richardson which serves as a contemporarily rewriting on Psalm 46.
Read MoreOur confidence in God does not stay static - it rises and falls. And maybe that’s ok. It’s certainly the story of Psalm 46.
Read Moreit’s not always so bad to let your mind wander in prayer. That’s what today’s passage is all about.
Read MoreToday we are invited to put into a simple practice around being still. What might God say?
Read MoreThe writers of Psalm 46 lay claim to an family name that’s associated with a curse in the Bible. Perhaps it’s a way for them to reclaim their own humanity in the process.
Read MoreToday a blessing is pronounced over you. Receive it. Reflect on it. Live into it.
Read MoreOne way to think about idols is to think through the ways we mis-prioritize power, production, and pleasure.
Read MoreNations rage and so do we. Scripture names these realities - and that naming becomes a gift for us if we’re open to seeing where the Spirit might lead us away from destruction and into life.
Read MorePeter summed up Jesus’s life as “he went around doing good.” Would your neighbors think to describe you that way?
Read MoreThere’s no better time than July 4th to remember who is God and to surrender our insecurities about our nation to God.
Read MoreToday we read a modern parable to revisit the lavish love of Jesus.
Read MoreHear the Father’s heart for you today, whether you are the younger son or the older son.
Read MoreIt’s not just the younger son who is the foolish one in the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The Father is foolish as well.
Read MoreIn the story of the Prodigal Son there were TWO sons who ran away from the father. One just did it while staying at the house.
Read MorePerhaps the younger son wasn’t driven away by his father or even by his own selfishness… perhaps there was another culprit.
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