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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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; [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]