Stubborn Praise
God's judgment: good news or bad news?
It's worth the wait
Feasting as an act of war
The Breath of Life
All the nations
Remember, Remember
Last Words, Top Priority
Seek and Fear
Graves into Gardens
A Quiver Full
One Thing
Boring Thanksgiving
"God will not deliver him"
Out of the Cellar and Into the Sun
This morning we consider the third contemplative practice in our series: confession. Confession is not meant to depress us, but to cleanse us. Like stepping out of a dark, damp cellar into a bright, sunny day, confession can be uncomfortable and overwhelming. But you wouldn’t want to live your whole life in the cellar, would you?
Rummaging for God
As we continue our short series learning about contemplative spiritual practices, we approach the ancient practice called examen. As Fr. Dennis Hamm once wrote, Examen is like “rummaging for God—going through a drawer full of stuff, feeling around, looking for something that you are sure must be there.” This morning we consider how we might rummage for God, and how we might invite him to rummage through our life, so we might become more like Christ.
One Thing I Ask
This morning Rev. Doug Birdsall challenges us with a simple question: what one thing do you want, more than anything else? In Psalm 27 King David sings, “One thing I ask of the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord, and to seek him in his temple.”
Feasting as an Act of War
This morning we continue to reflect on Psalm 23, this time exploring the image of God, the host of a great dinner party, who invites us, his prized friends, to a feast. How does it change your life to know that God not only provides for you and protects you, but he prizes you?
A Song for Dark Days
The most famous Psalm begins, The Lord is my shepherd. This morning we reflect on the image of a shepherd and his sheep. When the days are dark and we find ourselves in the valley of the shadow of death, lasting hope can only be found with a good shepherd.