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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. ― Desmond Tutu SONGS about FEAR & COURAGE: Fear Is a Liar by Zach Williams (Christian): https://youtu.be/1srs1YoTVzs?si=RYhTcba4zdSguAj3 The Breakup Song by Franccesca Battistelli (pop): https://youtu.be/H0wpP5o7xpI?si=EhnM4_2P9ho9sB0h Scared to […]
I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and … almost involuntary in my life … And when I talk about prayer, I mean really … what Rumi says in that wonderful line, “there are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground”. — Mary Oliver Do not pray for […]
Themes from Joshua 3:14-17 and Matthew 23:11-12. The crossing from wasteland to abundance, from brokenness to blessing … gratitude arises from the chance to serve others. Blessing of Enough — Jan Richardson I know how small this blessing seems; just a morsel that hardly matches the sharp hunger you carry inside you. But trust me […]
Meditations on themes from Exodus 33:12-23 and Matthew 22: 15-22 — What blessing will we leave to the land and the people of our lives? What is our legacy? A Legacy (excerpt) — James Lovell … I leave to you a curious loom That I have wrought my dreams upon I beg you lay your […]
In Case of Complete Reversal — Kay Ryan Born into each seed is a small anti-seed useful in case of some complete reversal: a tiny but powerful kit for adapting it to the unimaginable. If we could crack the fineness of the shell we’d see the bundled minuses stacked as in a safe, ready for […]
