God’s Grace is Much Bigger Than Suicide
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post in response to the suicide of Rick Warren’s child. I still stand by my belief that people who commit suicide do not go to hell. Today in this community, a high...
View ArticleRobin Williams, What Dreams May Come and Psalm 139
Robin Williams. By John J. Kruzel/American Forces Press Service (Americasupportsyou.mil article) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsLike many of you right now, I’m processing the death of actor...
View ArticleJesus in Hell
From The Garden of Earthly Delights – Hell Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1450–1516) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsFor a few years now, I haven’t really believed that Jesus descended to hell in those...
View ArticleLent Day 7: A Prayer for Completing Reports
God of all spaces- Including the ones that need to be filled on paper- May your Spirit bring together symbols and letters and numbers As I complete this report. With the work almost as loathsome as...
View ArticleAn Eclipse Day Prayer
God of blazing beams and unsettling shadows, As the moon obstructs the light of day And gifts us a midday nighttime, Give us the much needed illumination for our souls. We ask that in this eerie...
View ArticleLoving Me for Me
This is a snapshot from a 2015 The Upper Room devotional. For more information, visit https://www.upperroom.org/ Today, this was read at our church council meeting. I’m not sure why the person...
View ArticleAn Invocation for Ordination
Entry Into WorshipGathering together, we celebrate the blossoming of talents.Like the body and all of its individual parts,We each bring to the church a sparkle of lightA heart filled with dreamsAnd...
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