Today’s Reflection MOVING AWAY from part-time Christian status is not one decision but a series of decisions, sometimes several times a day. This journey is a cradle-to-grave adventure, an ongoing challenge, and the process likely didn’t begin in one definitive moment. Progress is driven by movement—forward and circling back—full of amazing ... Continue

Today’s Reflection JESUS HAD NO PROBLEM with the ministry of women. It was encounter with Jesus that empowered their ministry. The irony, and a cruel one at that, is that the community of Jesus has not always and everywhere honored the practices of the One we say we follow. To be ... Continue

Today’s Reflection AT ONE POINT in my prayer journey, I decided that I was going to sit on top of a hill for three days. I wasn’t going to bring any food, just some water and a sleeping bag. No tent, no books, nothing to write with. I was going to ... Continue

Today’s Reflection FREDERICK BUECHNER invites us to listen to our lives. According to Buechner, God calls you to “listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is.” Our lives are a holy adventure in which each moment provides new possibilities for Spirit-filled living. Take a moment to relax, ... Continue

Today’s Reflection MY HOPE is that if I tell my story clearly enough, I will come to understand its twists and turns, and then perhaps even its meanings. At the very least, I hope to be able to recognize some of the places where the Almighty God has been present within ... Continue

Today’s Reflection LORD, you are the One who is in our past, our present, and our future. You know what tomorrow holds. Help me to focus on today and to gain strength from the knowledge of your eternal presence so that the difficulties our family faces may be transformed into victories. ... Continue

Today’s Reflection GOOD FRIENDS are people who listen well. When we are in the midst of the collapse of a world as we have known it, we need to speak about it. No one can talk us out of our loss or pain. We must talk ourselves through our pain, our ... Continue

Today’s Reflection LOSE, LOVE, LIVE defines the word grief as “learning to live again in the absence of someone significant. We become who we are by what we love. When we lose what we love, we lose a part of who we are. When we lose something (kids going off to ... Continue

Today’s Reflection MAY THE ONE who can scoop the ocean with one hand —the One who is profoundly present to each grain of sand —hold you firmlyand carry you gentlythis day. -Sam Hamilton-Poore Earth Gospel From page 62 of Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation by Sam Hamilton-Poore. Copyright © 2008 ... Continue

Today’s Reflection TODAY, IN THE WILDERNESS you wander,in the slave quarters you inhabit,in each task and every moment, you are accompanied,not merely observed from afar, by One who sees you,and hears your silent cries. -Steve Garnass-Holmes Alive Now, March/April 2012 Excerpt from “One Who Sees You” by Steve Garnass-Holmes, page 21 in Alive Now, March/April 2012. ... Continue