Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an overflowing stream. It’s not that we can clear every rock from our own river bed. That state will never exist within us this side of the grave. Further, it is only pebbles or grains of sand that we can remove with our own power. The Spirit at work in us for our transformation - to set us free and bring us into our wholeness - does most of the work. We participate in her work. Our efforts matter. They matter profoundl

To ask most people what their calling is may be a stumper. It is a weighty question, one with vast scope and inherent import. It is intimidating at the very least. Our answers may be right but too easy (if said without reflection): I’m a pastor. To love God and others. To enjoy God and delight in God forever. Two out of three of these are true for each of us. They don’t really tell us how to plan our day or to which of the many requests upon us we “should” say yes. Not withou

There is a vulnerability to hope, and this is a source of its power. When we move into hope we accept that we are not in control, that we have little or no power to effect what it is we desire. We are daring to trust in the Holy One, to cling to the promise that the Spirit of the Living God is active in, around, and through us. We most readily give in to hope when we cannot imagine a way through, when our only option is to turn to our God who makes a way where there is n

\ Scripture: John 11:17-44 Focus Text: “Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go’” (v.44). Listening to God: You are mine! ...