Maddie Akeley – Jackson Community Church

Reflections on First Responders and ‘Losing Life to Gain Life’

By jacksonnhccPosted on September 12, 2018Posted in Home, Weekly MeditationsTagged Anne Frank, Barack Obama, Barbara Born, Bob Marley, David Lose, Dorothy Day, first responder, Galway Kinnell, George Bush, Helen Keller, J Leavitt Pearl, James Martin, Jan Richardson, Kate Munnick, Kevin Davison, Maddie Akeley, Martin Luther King, rumi, sirens, Thich Nhat Hahn, Winston Churchill

Reflections on first responders in anticipation of First Responders Sunday (Sept 16 at Jackson Community Church) and ‘losing life to gain life’ as themes from Mark 8.

I find myself wondering: How do we discern what we should be fierce about? How do we choose what we will hold on to, and what we need to release? … Some crosses are made of what we take on; some crosses are made of what we let go … Where is this place in your own life? How do you discern what you will hold on to, what you will claim and fight for, and what you will release? How does this choosing, this discerning, draw you closer to … what God might imagine for your life? — Jan Richardson

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