“Faith anchors the moral life in an awareness of self and responsibility . .. Love structures our awareness of the world and our appreciation of its ordered values . . . Hope focuses our awareness of time on the ‘works prepared before us to walk in’ (Ephesians...
Godstruck Story Lectionary Genesis 1: God’s voice creates and God’s breath hovers and moves over the deep; God breathes life into adama; go forth and multiply Ezekiel 37: Dry Bones comes to life through God’s breath Psalm 81: Sound the ram’s horn; I am the Lord your...
Greater Things Lectionary 24 May 2015 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Text to Life (based on John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15) It’s that time of year. Parents have a big decision to make. . . . Summer camp or no summer...
Sometimes the mood and the atmosphere of worship becomes “too serious.” When seriousness pervades, one’s focus can be more on decorum and behavior than on the Holy Spirit. The lightness of humor can break through those moments and allow for a breakdown of the walls...
Come thou Holy Paraclete, And from they celestial seat Send they light and brilliancy Father of the poor, draw near; Grier of all gifts be here; Come, the soul’s true radiancy Thou of comforters the best, Thou the soul’s most welcome guest, Come in toil refreshingly....
