Imagine life without prayer. A woman sits beside her dying daughter’s bedside. What can she do other than pray? She can’t put breath back within a fading body. She can’t hope for healing here or after. Only prayer. Another woman cumbered with despair from a broken marriage, a wayward son, a lost job. When someone carrying … [Read more...]
Last Words Not Final
The final words of Jesus were not His last. They were a new beginning. I hope to reflect on Holy Week differently than the fifty-one weeks cluttered with rush and stuff. I hope to keep it holy. Set apart. And so, reading in the gospels this morning, I imagine what it would be like to be a part of the crowd(s) during the … [Read more...]
Thirteen Hours Away
At this moment, spring is about 13 hours away. I'm writing at 6:13 am Tuesday. But, after 13 hours I’ll still be waiting for spring to look like spring. What I’m seeing with the naked eye right now is snowdrops and robins, a mixed message. It can be the same within our life circumstances. We may have the hope of spring, but … [Read more...]
Be . . .
Life squeezes hard and chokes joy and rest. This has been a long winter. It could get longer if I allow it. So, do I steep in the low places of bad news or listen to what the High King of Heaven has to say . . . about it? But the voices, so many voices! Our head is overfed. I look around my house, my workplace, my … [Read more...]
Faithful to the End, and then
Countless stories are told throughout Scripture how God uses women to accomplish His purposes. Back in the ancient day, women found themselves at the bottom of the social and cultural ladder, excluded from entering the temple to worship with men. And yet, the devoted daughters of Jerusalem were as near as anyone could worship … [Read more...]
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