Light in the Darkness
Reminders of the coming light…
Light in the Darkness
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
-The Apostle Paul, Romans 8
I don’t know about you, but for however many times that I have read this famous passage, I miss its most profound comfort—Paul’s use of the completed tense of “glorification.” He looks at the hot mess of... See more
-The Apostle Paul, Romans 8
I don’t know about you, but for however many times that I have read this famous passage, I miss its most profound comfort—Paul’s use of the completed tense of “glorification.” He looks at the hot mess of... See more
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“Holiness is not to be equated with common sense or convention; it very often moves against such things. How the Spirit is leading each of us on that journey into the heart of God is perhaps the most profound mystery of our life and one that takes patience and guidance to discern.”
THE HOLY WIND of GOD | JOEL LITTLEPAGE
Holy God, Holy and Mighty,
Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty,
Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty,
Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
The Trisagion, an ancient prayer of the Eastern church. “Trisagion”
is a Greek word that means “thrice holy.”
Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty,
Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty,
Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
The Trisagion, an ancient prayer of the Eastern church. “Trisagion”
is a Greek word that means “thrice holy.”
PRAYER
Wind of God, keep on blowing. Sail over the barriers
that we build to divide ourselves from each other.
Pick up your seeds of freedom and truth wherever they
flourish, carry them across frontiers to be planted in
other soil, to begin fresh growth and new forms.
Blow from the South to the ears of Northern peoples.
Blow away the blinders which keep
... See morePerhaps disenchantment (and the desire for hope) is primarily responsible for the rise in make-believe ideas about how the world works, nonsensical medical interventions and the diminished role of facts in decision making.
When we allow others to manipulate us with their magical stories, though, we’re often setting ourselves up for a collision with... See more
When we allow others to manipulate us with their magical stories, though, we’re often setting ourselves up for a collision with... See more
2. We lament that minority and female leaders remain sidelined.
Many of us and those we serve have been persistently excluded, questioned, or sidelined because of our race, gender, or cultural background, and because of the way our convictions and ministry methodologies are at times discordant with the white and male-dominant culture that is... See more
Many of us and those we serve have been persistently excluded, questioned, or sidelined because of our race, gender, or cultural background, and because of the way our convictions and ministry methodologies are at times discordant with the white and male-dominant culture that is... See more
Home | A Call to Prayer & Lament
Buechner says it like this: The incarnation is a kind of vast joke whereby the Creator of the ends of the earth comes among us in diapers. Until we too have taken the idea of the God-man seriously enough to be scandalized by it, we have not taken it as seriously as it demands to be taken.
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Prayer of Justice and Wholeness
Living God,
You alone are sovereign — eternal, almighty, and overflowing with goodness and truth.
Your justice is love in action:
creative in forming life,
protective in defending it,
corrective in humbling pride,
and restorative in healing what sin and oppression have broken.
Teach us to live within that rhythm —
to abide in
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I'm doing great, I'm feeling fine
Oh, it is well inside my soul
Unless you really wanna know
I'm scared of being someone no one really cares about
'Cause sometimes even I just find me hard to be around
I'll be high, and then I'm low
I'm on fire, and then I'm freezing
I'll take the meds, I'll go to church
I'll keep
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