PRAYING WITH FAITH
Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935) wrote, “Do we have the faith that through our prayer the status quo can be shattered? Can we believe that at our call […]
March 2020
ALONE AND TOGETHER
One of the reasons for meditation is to journal our thoughts, prayers, ideas or revelations. This can be helpful to include our thoughts of others. […]
THE SONG OF RESPONSE
Among the Jews there is a Sabbath liturgy that says: By the mouth of the upright You are praised;By the words of the righteous You […]
WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?
Even when the Lord Jesus knew his destiny and prophesied his future, he nevertheless certainly knew and expressed the difficulty of being forsaken. He had […]
TRYING FOR SILENCE
Silence is paying attention to God. This can be a tough assignment if silence threatens us and if God threatens us. Even while I write […]
CHRIST’S BODY
Symeon the New Theologian, (949-1022), monk and mystic wrote, “We awaken in Christ’s bodyas Christ awakens our bodies,and my poor hand is Christ, He entersmy […]
DOING STUFF
I find it easy to try and do something rather than be something…like receiving what the Father wants to give me. If I can be […]
KINGDOM ON EARTH
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (1844-1917) wrote, “Whoever expects Christ will experience the Savior, whether he lives or dies. There is thus no such thing as death […]
A CLEAR VIEW
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) wrote, “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen; not only because I see it, but because by […]
DO YOU NOT KNOW?
The apostle Paul seems to have hit on a theme phrase in his first letter to the Corinthians: Do you not know? Do you not know that you are a temple […]