Good God, Perfect Love, Heavenly Father, we often forget that You hold everything together; that when heaven and earth meet in a “kiss” it displays the beauty and intimacy of your kingdom; a kingdom that never ends, so tender and…
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Praying Benedictions: Ephesians 6:23-24
Tagged with: Christ, christianity, faith, Good news!, Inspiration, Lent, Love, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality
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Posted in Prayer, Uncategorized
Lenten Reflection
I have been asking myself–What is the most basic human need? I realize, as I sit with Jesus, that our deepest desire is to feel connected, loved (and cared for), and a sense of belonging. Not to a superficial community…
The Brevity of Life
A glance not recognized Did you have the chance to change the circumstance An intake of breath Where does it bend in the living or the end A whisper ever-passing caught upon the breeze flowing through the trees then it…
Tagged with: Christ, christianity, Inspiration, Lent, Life, Poetry, porm, Simplicity
Posted in Poems, Uncategorized
Posted in Poems, Uncategorized
Exhaustion
Bone-crumbling, back-breaking, mind-numbing… exhaustion Thought-deterring, stomach-churning, all-encompassing… exhaustion Sleepy-eyes, stumbling-gait, cognition-subsiding… exhaustion Bed-is-calling… exhaustion
…and the curtain was torn in two
During this Lenten season there have been two thoughts that have woven their way through most of my days. One of them being, “the curtain of the temple was torn in two.” The reason, I believe, it has infused itself into…
Tagged with: christianity, Holy, Holy Week, Lent, Passion, Poems, Poetry, reconciliation
Posted in Poems
Posted in Poems
Son Cycle
Son Cycle Just as the sun sets on the earth, so too did the son of God. Could our attraction to the sunset be related at all to the crucifixion? We stand in wonder at the setting sun, unable to…
Lift the Cross High!
About two months ago our Pastor of Worship Arts challenged our congregation to be more intentional in our physical expression of worship. He used a certain song, simple, yet profound, to instigate this change; the song is entitled “White Flag.”…
Tagged with: Christ, Cross, Good news!, Gospel, Holy Week, Lent, lift the cross, White Flag
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Lenten Repentance
Lenten Repentance at the foot of the cross I prostrate myself to our Lord to our Savior I commit my life not just once nor just twice daily I submit myself to Him
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