Today’s Christmas poem which Maya Angelou first read at the 2005 White House tree-lighting ceremony, makes me very aware of how much we lack peace in our world. In some ways…
by Christine Sine As I prepare for the new year and my intended focus “Let God’s newness emerge” I am constantly looking for prayers I can use regularly to keep…
The day after Christmas is a letdown for many of us. Perhaps we are despondent for simple reasons – we didn’t get what we wanted, we ate too much, the…
Yesterday someone recommended Walter Brueggemann”s Celebrating Abundance: An Advent Devotional. Now I am a sucker for anything by Brueggemann so I was hooked. Unfortunately it is currently not available here in…
by Mary Harwell Sayler from poetry book, Faces in a Crowd See, that’s why I don’t like to get close to you! When least expected, your expression jades, and…
By Ana Lisa de Jong — SMALL PARCELS We carry ourselves in small parcels, forgetting grace likes to burst at the seams. We carry ourselves as apologetic examples of humanity,…
By Rodney Marsh, A poem I wrote about my (imperfect) journey with learning to pray the “prayer of the heart” (meditation) and was written after reading Laurence Freeman’s Introduction to John…
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