JUST LET GOD LOOK AT YOU What would it be like to begin your day without asking anything of God?Before the prayers.Before the list.Before checking your phone or rehearsing everything you need to accomplish. Just let God look at you. This past week we taught on an ancient Christian way of prayer called the …
Now I Go to Preschool (And a few places for YOU to go at the bottom! ↓) ⠀Did you ever go to preschool?⠀I didn’t.⠀My preschool was home. I grew up with five siblings—all Italian Catholic humans, sharing the same resources, family system, and general chaos.⠀There were plenty of little people to negotiate life with, but …
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Who Do You Say That I Am? Today’s Lectionary Passage: Matthew 16:13–20 Yesterday we spent some time on a street corner talking with a woman who was living out of her car. Her story of losing nearly everything after a personal tragedy is one we have heard countless times. Life can unravel astonishingly fast. We …
Should we write a book for Couples? This morning we woke up to the responses from our latest social media invitation to our Overflow for Couples retreat. (retreat info here) Some people asked for prayer. Some asked for more information. A few enthusiastically registered. A few shared stories of hope, heartbreak, and longing. And a …
(photo credit My 250th Birthday Hangover I wrote last week’s newsletter before our nation’s 250th birthday because I suspected July 4 would bring images that would leave me heartsick. A snapshot from that newsletter read: “Happy 250th Birthday to the USA. May this great experiment called the United States of America continue to move us toward …