Recently I was at a gathering of social justice-minded folks, surrounded by people who are working to make our world more just, more compassionate, more…
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Watching, Waiting, Wondering
Be aware, keep alert, for you do not know when the time will come… And what I say to you I say to all: Keep…
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Life on the Move
…an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt,…
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Embracing Our Brokenness
I arrived in Palestine about two weeks ago to do accompaniment and human rights work. I came with no illusions that anything will look different…
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Slowing to the Pace of Peace
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.…
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Beauty from Brokeness
I love mosaics. My favorite ones are created from broken pieces of glass, tile, ceramic – pieces that may seem useless or ugly on their…
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Keeping in Touch
I no longer call you slaves, because slaves do not know their master’s business; I have called you friends, because I have made known to you…
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Found by Hope
The things that truly last are only three— FAITH which flowers first, HOPE whose seeds we cannot see, and LOVE the fruit of letting-go, the joy…
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Un-Stuffing
You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain,…
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Powering Down to Presence
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so…