Every morning we engage Scriptures in a contemplative way. You might say we listen to the sacred text and allow the words we hear to read us. We listen to a passage at least twice and most mornings four times. We listen for the word or phrase that is highlighted for us and hold those words …
You have a judge within. If you could give yours a name, what would it be? Harsh? Benevolent? Justice? Mercy? What we have seen in over three decades of ministry life is that forgiveness, grace, and non-judgment come effortlessly from individuals that regularly practice these skills. The pain you have lived through may be unbearable, but we promise …
From the massage parlor evil in Florida to terrorism in New Zealand, wickedness abounds again, this week. This morning’s Scriptures in Ezekial 18 come at a time when we don’t see how to forgive some people. Is it true that God would forgive the likes of human traffickers and terrorists? These perpetrators, along with pedophiles, are …
Esther is facing the genocide of her people and her decision to fast food and drink for three days pales in comparison to her words, “and if I perish, I perish.” She refused to take nourishment from anything but God and then stood before a King that could take her life and annihilate people. Esther’s tough. …
When the crowd swells around Jesus, he doesn’t put on a show for them, he confronts their wrongful desire to “just” get a miracle and bids them to come face to face with their need for forgiveness. The “Jonah-proof” for the Ninevites was the call to stop running from God. Jonah got the unsexy job of …