Shared Blessings
Your generosity is extravagant, Jesus; your grace and mercy so freely given, your love and presence so readily available, your Spirit and strength so reliable. We are so grateful [...]
Seeing The Signs
It would be much easier, Jesus, to ignore the hard truths around us: the widening gap between rich and poor, the consistency with which the powerful get their way, the [...]
Plenty
How did it happen, God? How did we come to believe in scarcity? In “not enough to go around;” In “you gotta look after yourself”? How did we miss [...]
One
Like flame, heat and light; Like wind, breath and spirit; Like water, moisture and the quenching of thirst; You are one, O God. Your nature, Your Word and all [...]
Love So Easy And So Hard
Can it be that easy, Jesus? Can it be that hard? That what You want for us is just to love and be loved? Is it possible that even [...]
Law And Love
The law is easy, Jesus, lists to be made, items ticked as each is fulfilled; Love is messy, people to be heard and seen, consequences and compassion to be considered; [...]
Jesus In Disguise
It’s a tough thing for us to learn, Jesus, how you hide in the most unlikely places; how you beckon us into life and compassion by disguising yourself in broken [...]
In Defiance
In defiance of corruption and falsehood, we commit to truth and integrity and we pray for honesty and uprightness to increase in our world. In defiance of apathy and [...]
How Many?
How many times each day do You come to me, Jesus? How many quiet prophets, how many whispered warnings are sent to catch my attention? And how many times [...]
Help Me, Jesus
This following is hard, Jesus; I thought it would be easier somehow; I didn’t count on all the direction and obedience; I didn’t think that Your vineyard would be [...]