Death could not hold Him, and He’s coming again! ALLELUIA! Blessings on this Easter Sunday. In the stillness, Sandy
Counting Down to Easter 2014: 1 Word (Still Saturday)
be Word Count: 1 Day 6 – Day 1 Be In silence we’re not in control. Something larger holds us captive, and enough is enough in the interim between time. Be. Today’s Reading: Revelation 17 – Revelation 22 Don’t forget: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Learn more […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 40 (Scripture Sunday)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV) Word Count: 40 So we’ve reached 40 days because I didn’t know. […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 39 (Still Saturday)
“Where shall the word be found, where will the word Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence . . . Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still . . .” (T.S. Eliot in “Ash Wednesday“) so that our words may be “grounded in silence.” (Richard Foster) Word Count: […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 33 (Scripture Sunday)
We’ve chosen Spirit life. “That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.” Word Count: 40 ~ From Galatians 5:25-26 (MSG) Today’s Reading: Celebrating the wonder of […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 32 (still saturday)
Morning Prayer This is the day, let it be the day of the poem today, today, today for my loves who I care for and who You care for more than I ever could because, of course, You are God. ~L.L. Barkat in Love, Etc.: Poems of Love, Laughter, Longing & Loss […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 26 (Scripture Sunday)
When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened . . . ~Acts 3:9-10 (NIV) Word Count: 40 Christopher Williams at Laity Lodge, The […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 25 (still saturday)
“And so the truth is that as much as we love to be alone, we want to be together. It is the paradox of the poem, playing out in our very life. The poem is most usually written in solitude.” ~ From “Purple Bottle Journal” in Love. Etc.: Poems of Love, Laughter, Longing, & Loss […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 19 (Scripture Sunday)
“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches.” ~John 15:4-5a (NIV) Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Celebrating the wonder of rest and […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 18 (Still Saturday)
“The more I thought about it, . . . I realized C.S. Lewis’s suggestion that we lay aside our fussings and frettings and come in out of the wind was the only viable alternative to a life dictated by anxiety, distraction, and fear.” ~Michelle DeRusha in Spiritual Misfit Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: John […]
