This morning’s Scripture passage gave us a prayer launch today! Couldn’t help but hear Taylor Swift sing, “Shake it off.” We love praying together because we each hear something unique. For Clare, it’s all about keeping the connection in a community, and when Scott feels unwelcome, he can shake it off more easily. Scott is …
We’ve been praying together every morning for decades. We begin with a Scripture passage and pray from that space. Today is the beginning of (what we PLAN/HOPE will be) regular postings from our morning prayers. We pray this may help you navigate the journey home. God bless you today! So sad that Jesus was unable to do …
Post-election musings, bring us to Ron Rolheisers wise words, “Prayer is the place to keep us between depression and inflation.” Are you praying today? Intentional practices can keep us grounded and present to hope for the future, and loving our neighbor as ourselves. Depression and inflation have no room here. Inflation comes from a grandiose …
“They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” Isaiah the Prophet How is it with your soul? Do you feel the effects of a violent culture wearing you out? Are there practices and people in your life that nourish and heal? Almost fourteen years ago our lives changed forever when …
A few weeks ago The Transforming Center Ministry Community went on a retreat with the book Invitation to Retreat. The invitations are winsome and powerful. Chapter Ten, Finding Spiritual Freedom, was the invitation for me (Clare.) In Chapter Ten, Ruth writes, “While on retreat, I was taken by surprise when a spiritual director raised the issue of spiritual …