Staying Awake During Holy Week
Lectionary readings and guidance on using the lectionary Monday of Holy Week (April 14, 2025): Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 36:5-11, Hebrews 9:11-15, John 12:1-11 “Stay together, friends, don’t scatter and sleep.…
A Leader’s Prayer During Lent
Lectionary Readings for Fifth Sunday in Lent (April 6, 2025): Isaiah 43:16-21, Psalm 126, Philippians 3:4b-14, John 12:1-8 Lent Calendar (Cycle C) and guidance for using the lectionary “Lent is…
“Every movement toward the humiliation of the false self, if we accept it, is a step toward freedom and inner…
When Anjuli Seth Nayak arrived for the first retreat of her Transforming Community, she was clearly a force to be…
“I have lived too long where I am reachable.”–Rumi It is a wonderful thing to be invited—especially when the invitation…
“If we don’t come apart for while, we will come apart after awhile.” –Dallas Willard Brad is a pastor whose…
In October of 2004, I gave each of my colleagues at International Justice Mission two gifts: a blank leather journal…
“We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.” —Bishop Ken…
“Calling is a much abused word today. In the church it can be little more than a pious euphemism for…
“Spiritual leadership springs forth in grace from our very desire for God’s presence. This does not take effort or striving. …
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