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LOVE Daily Devotional: Advent 4 – Dec 22

Cultivate love each day this week. December 22: The Promise of Love Scripture: John 3:16 — For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. Meditation: God’s love, which is known as agape, is unconditional. In our faith tradition, we celebrate the arrival of love into the world during the Christmas season. […]

Lenten Reflection Day 35 (Mar 28): SACRIFICE (Psalm 40:5-10).

SONG: Sacrifice by Elton John: https://youtu.be/NrLkTZrPZA4 POEM:Muriel Rukeyser: The Book of the Dead: The Dam (excerpt):  … All power is saved, having no end.  Rises / in the green season, in the sudden season / the white the budded /  and the lost… learning its power, conquering boundaries, able to rise blind in revolts of […]

Meditations on Independence and Bondage for July 4th Weekend

Reflections as we approach July 4th weekend: who is free, who is not free? Themes of spiritual freedom versus civic freedom … pondering Abraham’s obedience to Yahweh, willingness to sacrifice a child, the merciful intervention that freed him from such an act. What is asked of us? What is offered to us? My father always […]

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