In this revolutionary passage, God upends the status quo by welcoming immigrants and sexual minorities into the very heart of sacred space and time.

Today we get to reflect on a poem about exhaustion… and hear it’s gentle invitation to rest.

We look at the outside. Jesus basically ignores it and goes straight for the heart every time.

Purity tends to be about getting things right. Holiness, in it’s healthiest form, is primarily about relationship. Which is easier for you?

A simple prayer for Sundays… and for just about any day.

God shows us early on that setting limits is a gift, and the Spirit invites us to imitate that way of being.

Today we reflect on the gift of rest and how one of the great Jewish rabbis thought about sabbath.

The idea of a whole 24 hours off each week is pretty foreign in the modern world - but perhaps it’s just the gift we really need to rest deeply.

Spiritual surrender has at times been placed at odds with working for justice - as if they aren’t the flip side of the same coin. Today we hear from Howard Thurman on this…

Not all time is created equal. Some time is more sacred than other time.

So often our anxiety causes us to run faster, to keep on moving, trying in vain to get everything fixed. And yet the invitation to rest awaits us…

There are a lot of hits that we take in life. Today we reflect on what it means to lay those down and find liberation.

Jesus is not afraid to talk about how religion burns us out. Are we willing to go with him on that journey?

A poem invites us into considering our lives and how packed they are, asking us if we have space to make meaning.

Some bible verses feel like a chore, but if we can do the emotional work to embrace them in healthy ways, they could form pathways forward to life-giving practices.

What does it mean to be a lover of the good? Dottie Oleson invites us into a simple practice of noticing and cherishing the good around us.

Have just a little structure in our prayer life can make a big difference.

Jesus had habits that shaped his spiritual life. Let’s learn from him to do the same.