Be Still
Another week, another disaster. This week, it was human-made as 59 people were killed and nearly 500 injured in Las Vegas. As I’ve observed before, we are so creative in […]
Tag Archives: Sabbath
Lessons from New Mexico :: Labyrinth
Over the last year, I have been meeting with a cohort of missional pastors. We are each leading new, alternative worshipping communities. The size and make-up of our communities differ. […]
Controlled Chaos
Isn’t the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn’t the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? […]
Lord of the Sabbath – Part 2
On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were […]
Lord of the Sabbath – Part I
This is the first of two posts on Luke 6:1-11. One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them […]
Holy Sorrow
In the same way, though there are many of us, we are one body in Christ, and individually we belong to each other. – Romans 12:5 (CEB) Today I went […]
Another Unexpected Sabbath
Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect […]
Christian Daily Prayer (or Failure at Prayer, Part II)
This is week two of Stress week in 7. My other posts during this fast have been: Sabbath from Stress and Enough. “Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you […]
Enough
“Be still, and know that I am God!” – Psalm 46:10a (NRSV) I’ve often heard this verse at retreats, calling us to carve time out with God. While God invites […]
Sabbath from Stress
This week’s 7 fast is from stress. Have we ever considered that we over-consume stress and anxiety? The truth is that we do. I (we?) make choices that increase my […]