Everyday Christianity
If worship is an act of religious devotion in response to God, then the opportunity to worship exists far beyond the walls of our church buildings. The very way we live our lives is worship. How does that inform the choices we make? How do we respond to God’s grace in our daily lives?
The gift of giving
May we receive with great and grateful hearts; may we give with great and grateful hearts. May the gift of giving inspire our lives as everyday Christians. Continue reading
Grace notes
May we encourage ourselves and our loved ones to share the grace notes that sound in our lives. May they become the symphony of grace that breaks into the world. May we use these grace notes, together, to form the soundtrack of our common life in Christ. Continue reading
…the passion with which your heart beats
I pray that we may all engage with our ministries passionately, demonstrating that the passion with which our hearts beat, for the love of God. Continue reading
Time change
Perhaps our real challenge this weekend is not the changing of the clocks in our homes, but the changing of how our hearts use this earthly time to celebrate God’s presence in our lives and our world. Continue reading
Some mother’s son
In a culture of name-calling, imagine if we truly saw and treated “those people” as beloved children of God, and as some mother’s son or daughter—named, loved, respected. Continue reading
Prayer for Election Day
While our civic duty is to vote, our Christian duty is to pray. Continue reading
Happy ThanksGiving!
I hope that you see this one day of Thanksgiving as an inspiration to give thanks year-round; use today as a starting point to give generously in the future. Continue reading
Faith in action
Without putting our faith into action, the church will only be as active as the buildings in which the ecclesia now comes together. Continue reading
The exercise of prayer
Prayer takes time, and practice, and effort, as do all manners of healing and growth and strengthening. But, once we have decided that we are going to do it, and we commit to it, we discover that it is always worth that effort. Continue reading
Context
The context, clearly, matters. Whether it’s fun quotes or scripture, the context gives more life and depth to the quote itself. Continue reading
