Sanctifier

Sanctifier

May the God of peace sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. -1 Thessalonians 5:23 Which part of that verse sounds more appalling? Is it that you would be kept blameless, or that...
Redeemer

Redeemer

In my daily life, I find myself trying to redeem myself. I might redeem my debts by paying back friends who bought me a meal or used gas when we carpooled. I may have been playing basketball and made a bad play, so in order to redeem myself, I worked extra hard to...
Creator

Creator

On the sixth day God looked upon her creation and said “tov meod” – Very good. This was the culmination of the very breath of God, the divine one speaking all things into being. The spoken words of God birthing and sustaining every fiber, every...
Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

Today is Palm Sunday, marking Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, where He was greeted by palm branches. This was the Sunday before His passion and marks the beginning of Holy Week. Prayer of the DayEverlasting God, in your endless love for the human...
Love

Love

God is love. This Mama who once had to bury her own baby wants to know how we know. I had been told that God is love since I went to Sunday School where a teacher with missing front teeth and a black men’s stocking cap and an old wool coat with mismatched buttons...