Lenten word of the day: DEEP.
Suggested scripture: 1 Samuel 1:15: But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.” Song on the theme of deep: Adele’s Rolling in the Deep.
This Week: Tue, June 11 – Sun, June 17
This Week at Jackson Community Church
Highlights: Tue: Community event – Community Housing Forum; Wed: Fitness; Thurs: Yoga; Fri: Community event – Kennett High School Graduation; Sun: Worship
Themes of listening for a holy call filled with passion and purpose from Book of 1 Samuel.
Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind. ― Madeleine L’Engle, Swiftly Tilting Planet
The Meadow (excerpt) — Marie Howe
Bedeviled,
human, your plight, in waking, is to choose from the words
that even now sleep on your tongue, and to know that tangled
among them and terribly new is the sentence that could change your life.
human, your plight, in waking, is to choose from the words
that even now sleep on your tongue, and to know that tangled
among them and terribly new is the sentence that could change your life.
3 Questions for Discerning Your Calling
(excerpt)— Jordan Raynor, Relevant Magazine
… entrepreneurs and creatives … tended to ask three excellent questions when discerning God’s calling on their lives:
- What am I passionate about?
- What gifts has God given me?
- Where do I have the greatest opportunity to love others?
It’s these three questions which will help you discern where God has called you to expend your energies …