You Deserve It
Though our worship may bring us scorn, you deserve it. Though our songs of praise may stir a jeering response you deserve it. Though our love for you [...]
Whole-y God
Sometimes it feels like it doesn't really matter, God, if we ignore the needs of our spouse, or shout at the kids unnecessarily, or elaborate on the truth just a [...]
We Underestimate Your Compassion, Jesus
How we underestimate your compassion, Jesus; we are too easily convinced that you frown more than you smile, that our weakness and ignorance, our mistakes and sins, guarantee nothing but [...]
To Worship And to Follow
We follow you, Jesus, today as we worship; In words of love and devotion sung and spoken, In service and kindness, in shared life and sacred meal. And all [...]
Through Our Tears
It’s not wrong to ask where you are, God, when innocent children go hungry, or are abducted as sexual slaves or die of curable diseases, or are forced to fight [...]
The Voice
I read of times when the Voice of God was heard; thunderous times of tangible awe and audible law and my heart ached. I yearned to hear God speak, but [...]
The Subversive Kingdom
We don’t see it, but its effect is clear; We don’t hear it, but its message is never silent; We don’t feel it, but its influence constantly moves us. [...]
Opening
In every fragment of time, O God, You work Your acts of grace. In every grain of earth, O Christ, You bring Your grace to life. In every breath of [...]
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 [...]
O Come Let Us Adore Him
Like the wise men we come to worship. Like the shepherds we come to see what God has done. And like believers through the ages, we come to give thanks [...]