Posts with the category “prayer”

“After five days off, the week’s events weighed heavily on my heart and mind as I prepared my things for the next work day – a flight to Los Angeles and back. The hardest part about returning to the s...  Read More

festive greetings from across the globe reveals a common thread – a unique event, the “birth” of Jesus “at night.” The one that stands out to me is the German: “Frohe Weihnachten” which literally tran...  Read More

Many of us have experienced the loss of loved ones (even pets), so the church has dedicated this time each year to offer us the time to remember, reflect and honor especially, those saints. ...  Read More

Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help, whose hope is in the Lord their God; who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; who keeps promises forever; who gives justic...  Read More

The disciplines of Lent: Repentance, Fasting, Prayer and Acts of Charity—become our focus as individuals and as a community of believers....  Read More

Today is the 6th day of Christmas and I would like to wish each of you and your families (at work and at home) a blessed and rewarding season....  Read More

May God continue to watch over your sleeping and waking, and your going out and coming in, in this season and beyond. ...  Read More

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” ...  Read More

fire is necessary for new life and rebirth, but it can also cause destruction and damage that is beyond repair. Even within us, there is the reality of “burnout.” Yes, burnout is real – ...  Read More

in this verse, Jesus is offering us an invitation – an intimate and appealing invitation. His invitation is this: “Come to me, all that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”...  Read More

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them i...  Read More

Lent is a spiritual housecleaning intended to bring us back to ourselves and the God who first formed us from the ash we smudge on our foreheads that first day of this holy fast....  Read More

The central theme on the day was identity…more like, belonging to…being a part of – highlighted with God’s claim on Jesus as “the Beloved.” (Matt. 3:17)...  Read More

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”...  Read More

Jesus encouraged his first followers and us today to: "Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know what day your Lord is coming!"...  Read More

...all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”...  Read More

as life unfolds around us, if we hold it in balance, recognizing that summer does give way to fall and that adjustments are always needed. ...  Read More

There is a certain apprehension as this summer is the first in 2 years with COVID vaccines being available to all and since travel restrictions are removed.It is also during this season that the most ...  Read More

...challenge you to be the voice of the unheard, unseen or underserved, under-appreciated and undervalued for they too are a part of God's creation....  Read More

if it is your desire this Easter is to “know Christ and the power of his resurrection,” get involved......  Read More

we are being challenged to fix our eyes on Holy Week and the resurrection hope...  Read More

On this day, we mark our foreheads with dust or ash that signifies death, ... the dust traces the life-giving cross indelibly marked on our foreheads at baptism....  Read More

...we press on to the goal of fulfilling the mandate of sharing the good news of Jesus...  Read More

I pray that you will realize how our lives intersect......  Read More

slow down and reflect with gratefulness for still be among the living; and remember those who are no longer with us...  Read More

All Saints’ Day as it is known invites us to reflect on the lives of those we loved and now lost...  Read More

It is my prayer that we use this time to pause, slow down and calm down and let our gaze be fixed on God who may appear to be idle but is offering us a time to be still and know that God is near....  Read More

Jesus had “compassion” for the people who were clueless about where they would sleep or from where the next meal was coming. Jesus had empathy, feelings for, literally “co-suffered” with his followers...  Read More

Fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Crossing all boundaries that would separate us, the Spirit brings the wideness of God’s mercy to places we least e...  Read More

Every day in recent months, it seems like we are bombarded with news of violent, hate-filled acts carried out on humanity by fellow human beings. From the deadly Capitol riots on our nation’s capital ...  Read More

It’s no secret that our neighborhood has been impacted severely as the Coronavirus spread – many among us lost jobs, businesses, co-workers, friends and loved ones. Our lives were turned upside down a...  Read More

It has been a ritual practice that I enjoy even on the days I do not want to get up.  Sometimes I do sleep-walk through the first few hours before I sit with God again in prayer.  I love how my few mi...  Read More