Tag: faith

Same God, New Things

lifeinthelabyrinthJanuary 23, 2021May 31, 20262 Comments

As we look for God to “do it again,” we might miss what God is doing now.

Living Water

lifeinthelabyrinthJuly 20, 2020May 31, 2026Leave a comment

The living water Jesus offers us is not a magic tonic that solves all our problems or makes the world go away. It is God’s gift of faith and hope that sustains us: a gushing, leaping spring of cold, sweet...

Prayers

These Things that Have Taken Place

lifeinthelabyrinthApril 23, 2020April 23, 20201 Comment

These two were grieving, broken, and afraid — and maybe also angry. They know they are going to Emmaus, but then what? How can life possibly go back to the way it was when they are no longer who they...

Thankful (Interlude)

lifeinthelabyrinthFebruary 29, 20201 Comment

Thankful for the small things because they are not small for so many.

Juanita: A Migration, Deportation, and Displacement Story (El Salvador)

lifeinthelabyrinthFebruary 22, 2020February 22, 2020Leave a comment

Detention, death, displacement

FMF

listen

lifeinthelabyrinthOctober 4, 201911 Comments

God is present in both the storm and the quiet - and may speak in both - if we are able to listen.

FMF

challenge

lifeinthelabyrinthSeptember 20, 2019September 20, 20198 Comments

I believe the challenge God places before is the willingness to be vulnerable.

FMF

middle

lifeinthelabyrinthJuly 26, 20199 Comments

The truly important things of life and faith are never accomplished by one person or one lifetime.

FMF

distant

lifeinthelabyrinthJuly 19, 20197 Comments

In these times, God also seems distant.

FMF, Reading the Bible

question (Reading the Bible)

lifeinthelabyrinthJune 21, 2019Leave a comment

I find I have a lot of questions as I read the Bible.