THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Let Your God Love You, by Edwina Gateley. What does it mean to rest in the love God has for us. Enjoy this short and beautiful reflection HERE. YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS: Help us get to 100 subscribers! Subscribe by clicking...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: A prayer for Pentecost. Sometimes “old fashioned” language really moves the spirit. I found this “Prayer for the Holy Spirit” and loved the way the language rang in my ears. The line “As the wind is thy symbol, So forward our...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Memorial Day Prayer “In the quiet sanctuaries of our own hearts, let each of us name and call on the One whose power over us is great and gentle, firm and forgiving, holy and healing You who created us, who sustain us, who call us to live in peace...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Be like bamboo. This week I was reading about the wonderful properties of bamboo. It’s both very strong, and very flexible. As we are becoming weary of sheltering in place and as the news changes on a daily basis, I wonder what it would be like for us to be more...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Spirit prays. Did you know that there is a verse in the Bible that tells us that when we don’t have the words to pray, the Spirit will pray for us? It’s in Romans 8 and it says this “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Slowing down and finding meaning in the every day. Last week, I watched an episode of The Chef’s Table featuring Jeong Kwan, a buddhist nun in South Korea who cooks temple cuisine. If it sounds a little different than anything...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Beauty. As we have experienced sheltering in place for many weeks now, I’ve heard many of us say that it feels like the movie Groundhog Day. Lots of things are “same, same same.” One spiritual practice that can pull us out of this...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s thought of the day comes from a long (and beautiful) TS Eliot poem called East Coker I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, For love would be love of the wrong...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Yesterday I had the opportunity to show love to Elmhurst Hospital staff and first responders by participating in a small parade around the hospital parking lot. Local pastors in town decorated our cars with messages of love and support and honked and cheered and showed...
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today I heard a remarkable sermon on not pinning our hopes on the future from author and pastor, Nadia Bolz Weber. She writes, “An Admiral in the US Navy, James Stockdale survived 8 years as a POW in a North Vietnamese prison camp. When asked who of...