“Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.” ~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is timeless. He learned to survive and thrive in the real world, a world mired in fear-based racism. One form of exile is racism. Rev. Dr. King refused to accept…
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ, give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous, all for your love’s sake. Amen. ~The Rt. Rev. Mariann…
David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands . . . and the whole world…
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it can only be lived forwards.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard Spiritual writer Clifford Rawley, on a trip to China, was journeying on the Yangtze River when he noticed an unusual sight: old shoes floating by. He learned these old shoes were not careless litter, but were part of a…
“. . . the angel Gabriel’s first words to Joseph were, ‘Do not be afraid.’ If we want to enter into God’s messy story, then perhaps these are the first words we need to hear, too: do not be afraid. Do not be afraid when God’s work in your life looks alarmingly different than you…
“Courage is the virtue that moves us from being weak-souled (pusillanimous) to being great-souled (magnanimous). It enables us to overcome obstacles to doing the work of the saving God in this world.” ~Rosemary Broughton Mary was just a teenager, yet she was great-souled beyond her years. Pregnant with the Christ Child, she was also pregnant…
“God is in the advent wilderness of this holy season. God knows what I look like in my bathrobe, all alone late at night. And never once has God suggested that the sight is pathetic. Instead, in those empty hours God says, ‘Talk to me. Then be still and know that I am God.’” ~…
Joy to the World, the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy. “Joy to the World” verse 2, Isaac Watts This Sunday begins the season of Advent. This is the time to intentionally prepare…
“God gives miracles to those who believe, courage to those with faith, hope to those who dream, love to those who accept, and forgiveness to those who ask.” ~Abhishek Tiwari We rise and worship in a great house with great people! Let us be a support to the vision of this house with the “Power…
“Our world is far from perfect. Yet God is creating a new world. God does not create alone. We are the bearers of God in the world; the responsibility for the well-being of that world rests with us. We cannot throw our hands up in despair. We must not turn our well-being over to soulless…
