Posts with the tag “faith”

Give us THIS day   Read More

Even though he knows resurrection is coming, he still enters the pain of the moment with Martha.  Read More

This verse doesn’t call us to work harder or believe harder; it calls us to trust deeper.   Read More

This post is part of a series exploring Christian spiritual practices. Each week we are focusing on one practice that helps us live out our faith in real, daily ways. These short reflections are meant to give simple, practical steps for drawing closer to God and experiencing His presence in ordinary life.Day 5 -  We pray that you would give yourself the gift of rest on a regular basis.  Time for e...  Read More

This post is part of a series exploring Christian spiritual practices. Each week we are focusing on one practice that helps us live out our faith in real, daily ways. These short reflections are meant to give simple, practical steps for drawing closer to God and experiencing His presence in ordinary life.Day 3 - Our musical offering this week (once again from Matthew Nickoloff) is a peaceful song ...  Read More

This post is part of a series exploring Christian spiritual practices. Each week we are focusing on one practice that helps us live out our faith in real, daily ways. These short reflections are meant to give simple, practical steps for drawing closer to God and experiencing His presence in ordinary life.Day 2 - We are commanded by God to rest at least once every 7 days.  Just as God created the w...  Read More

This post is part of a series exploring Christian spiritual practices. Each week we are focusing on one practice that helps us live out our faith in real, daily ways. These short reflections are meant to give simple, practical steps for drawing closer to God and experiencing His presence in ordinary life.Day 1 -  Rest can often feel like a foreign concept in our fast-paced world, but rest is in fa...  Read More

This post is part of a series exploring Christian spiritual practices. Each week we are focusing on one practice that helps us live out our faith in real, daily ways. These short reflections are meant to give simple, practical steps for drawing closer to God and experiencing His presence in ordinary life.Day 4 - Prayer is simply a conversation with God and so therefore includes both speaking and l...  Read More

In our lives of faith, doubt is often characterized in a negative way, however the word ‘faith’ presupposes that some of this will be hard to believe and will need to be taken on 'faith’.  Rather than ignoring or denying our doubts, it can be very important to wrestle with our questions.Philosopher and Author Peter Rollins leads an experience every year called “Atheism for Lent” where he invites p...  Read More

May we be calm and practical, always keeping our eye on the big picture  Read More

The ultimate message of Job is to embrace the ambiguity of human suffering. To refrain from trying to find a person to blame or a logical explanation for the events in our life that seem unfair.   Read More

In the same way, when we face opposition, we can turn to prayer for strength, resolve, and guidance, for the joy of the Lord is our strength.   Read More

In baptism we are marked as Children of God; we are connected to the ongoing story of the Christian Church; we are forever labeled as the beloved of God. There are so many other voices in our world and in our life that try to tell us different stories.  Read More

What would Jesus think?  Read More

In many ways, this mirrors Lent. It is a journey that invites us to enter a wilderness to explore and test and question. We can use this time to learn and grow in our faith.  Read More

Faith isn’t about having all the answers, it’s also about trusting God enough to share all our questions with God.   Read More

And so, when we find ourselves in moments of confusion or doubt we shouldn’t see those as times of God’s absence but rather as moments of opportunity to grow in our connection with the Holy Spirit.   Read More

Faith changes the course of my life - every day.  Read More

It was hard for me at the time to hold the image of an ultimately generous, all-loving God in the same frame as the jealous God of retribution (heck, it’s difficult for me now).  Read More

Even in our doubts, Jesus still finds ways to break into our lives; to comfort us; to care for us; to be with us.  Read More

It is my faith, not my brain (thanks be to God) that matters, it is my faith that gives my life meaning.   Read More