Tag: #Jesusaves

  • The Kindness of our Hands

    “Christ has no body now, but yours. No hands, no feet on earth, but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks compassion into the world. Yours are the feet with which Christ walks to do good. Yours are the hands with which Christ blesses the world.” – St. Teresa of Avila Oh the blessing of a kind touch. In […]

  • Easter Monday

    The first day of the week,Of our lives,After an Easter Sunday.Another chanceTo believeThat we have been left with all we need;A still and maybe not so small voice withinTo guide,To be shown that we understandWhere we are to go from here.Another chance to start over,To be a GenesisTo co-create and stewardAll that we have been […]

  • Because Christ has Risen, so have We.

    Oh, the tenacity of life, pushing up against the dirt, debris and challenges of this journey on earth. None of us gets through this life unscathed. Who hasn’t wondered if there will be life on the other side of their greatest challenge?  Easter reminds us of the sheer force of God’s power to break open […]

  • I Will Wait for you in the in Between

    I Will Wait for you in the in Between

    Today is the day to pause in the stillness between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

  • Reborn

    What if I trusted that God really loved me, and was working all things out for my benefit? What if I trusted that God was omniscient and saw how things work out when I couldn’t? What if I trusted Jesus to be a dear friend and companion – to share joy and sadness? What if […]

  • Happy Easter! He is Risen! Rejoice!

    Lord, we lift our hearts to you. As the dawn breaks, may we carry the unity we share into every moment knowing that we are one with the risen Christ. Lord, we lift our eyes to you. As the sunrises, may this moment stay with us, reminding us to look for the beautiful colors of […]

  • Transitioning to Holy Week

    “Let me fall if I must. The one I will become will catch me.” Baal Shem Tov Transitions are messy. Holy Week starts with the promise and jubilation of Palm Sunday. And then, Holy Week turns dark and tragic. But, we know the ending. Friday’s darkness turns into Sunday’s light. The week ends in Alleluia! […]

  • God’s Glorious Contrary Ways

    Who’d ever put treasure in frail jars of clay? Come to us in our failure not strength, Choose the weakest and least, The discarded, not kings, Recruit from the gutter for His family? Who’d take objects of scorn: Vile cross, crown of thorns, And die to slay death, Conquer hell, sin and grave? Who’d pick […]

  • Light Always Breaks Through

    If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139: 11&12 Today is Good Friday, the day on which we remember the crucifixion of […]