Leave a Comment / Blog / By Scott & Clare “I surrender my own life, and no one has the power to take my life from me. I have the authority to lay it down and the power to take it back again.” Jesus, Gospel of John 10:18 TPT In my (Clare’s) childhood, stations of the cross were the …
There is no hurry. We shall get there someday. AA Milne. There is no hurry. Walking slowly is a powerful way to travel through Holy Week, even if you’re the pastor and responsible for writing a sermon about the Resurrection Sunday! It’s disingenuous for us to enter the victory before we let the week do …
2 things are just WOW today! 1. People are a trip. 2. Yay for the 7th printing of Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram! We received a letter from someone who said, “God told me to tell you that you are leading people STRAIGHT TO HELL with the Enneagram.” Right after we wrote them a blessing, …
Lent Week 1- Oh, we love the invitation to fast, declutter, and simplify during Lent. This invitation interrupts our on-autopilot responses, letting go of the lies that keep us from the truth, our true self, made in God’s image. We offer you a “Dear Self” inspired by our reflections on Jesus confronting Evil in the …
If you begin the Season of Lent with fasting in the Isaiah 58 (I-58) way, there won’t be anything ritualistic or superficial about the next 40 days. I-58 (see passage below) hits hard with a call to fasting that means something. Fasting is not about empty rituals but embodying justice, mercy, humility, and compassion. This …