Prayer for July 29, 2021: Please pray with me. God of vision, you cast a vision over creation and invite us to participate in making it happen. Wow. Let’s just take that in for a moment. Your vision for how the world can be is incredible. It’s creative. It...

Richard Rohr has a daily meditation. Recently he quoted Barbara Holmes, who had this to say: “Throughout recorded history people have subjugated, enslaved, and at times even exterminated one another. Sometimes these acts were committed in the name of a king or queen, other times in the name of...

Prayer for July 28, 2021: Please pray with me. God of all creation, you are Lord of all. We love to claim you as our own. But we seem to conveniently forget that our enemies also claim you. Oh, how we love to be the good guys who you...

Here’s the popular belief about enemies among Christians – that we are supposed to love them. Here’s the unpopular belief about enemies among Christians – That Jesus actually meant it. No really. We’re not just supposed to believe it, but actually do it. There’s a difference between what we...

Prayer for July 27, 2021: Please pray with me. God of shalom, come to us. Shalom is all about wholeness and completeness. It’s God’s imaginative creativeness. It is the kingdom of God. Shalom is about restoration. Shalom is about making things whole. It’s about justice and righteousness. It is...

This is a great book! Osheta Moore writes in a style that feels like she’s invited you into her living room and you are sitting down and sharing food and a drink with her. The book is addressed to White People and is full of encouragement, as well as...

Below is the video for the Gospel and Sermon from today. Enjoy:...

Prayer for July 21, 2021: Please pray with me. God who creates value, do we value the same things you value? I don’t know. We claim to, but yet our society doesn’t seem to live into those values very well. We seem really good at making excuses. We are...

Is money different than other things? In one respect yes, money is unique. It’s not other stuff. Money represents value. But then again, so do other things. Time can represent value as well. Why does money often seem to be the thing that has a heavier weight in decision...

Prayer for July 20, 2021: Please pray with me. God of Shalom, we need you. Shalom is about wholeness and completeness in all of creation. Shalom is what you have always been about. Righteousness and justice are really about Shalom. Yet we are addicted to division. We have a...