13 May 2019 0 Comment

JOY

Author: Carolyn Gard "Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel." Isaiah 12:6. My yard is full of dandelions, which the bees love but which irritates some of my neighbors....
30 Apr 2019 0 Comment

In-Between Times

“And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7 In this moment, I can only dream of having the kind of faith an imprisoned St. Paul expresses in this letter...
25 Apr 2019 0 Comment

Jerusalem and Emmaus

by Karen Hoover “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”  Luke 24:18 It is now the week after Easter and the culmination of our Lenten journey. This year my...
17 Apr 2019 0 Comment

Do Not Be Afraid

Author: Larry Dansky You’ve got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away, know when to run….. Kenny Rodgers So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed,...
10 Apr 2019 0 Comment

Trail Angels

Author: Amy Ostwald Luke 19  29 As Jesus approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find...
3 Apr 2019 0 Comment

Lingering

Author: Joanne Buchanan-Brown I tend to live Holy Week often throughout the year. I am drawn to it over and over. Perhaps it is the intensity of it, the emotion. Or watching Jesus both active and passive in this embodied mystery. Or...
28 Mar 2019 0 Comment

Otherness

Author: Larry Dansky Christ is the light that allows people to see things in their fullness. The precise and intended effect of such a light is to see Christ everywhere else. The point of the Christian life is not to distinguish oneself...
21 Mar 2019 0 Comment

I Wonder

  By Carolyn Gard And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples. and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Simon, who came to hear...
12 Mar 2019 0 Comment

MUDSLINGING

by: Phil Braudaway-Bauman “Careful! Don’t fall!” Reaching for each other’s hands, Chris and I gingerly found our footing on the short pathway winding down from the mesa overlooking the main campus of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. The...
6 Mar 2019 0 Comment

Let it Shine

By: Nancy Wade This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, shine, shine Let it shine! I was trudging...