“Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring.” James 4:14 This week make some time to focus on being present in the moment. Try out one of these practices: Picture drawing a box in your mind. As you draw the first side of the box, breathe in slowly. Draw the second side andContinue reading “Time for Joy: In the now (James 4:14)”
Author Archives: Gwen Lantz
Time for Comfort: The Lie of Efficiency (Luke 10:41-42a)
“But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing.’” Luke 10: 41-42a Have you ever noticed the irony that technology brings into our lives? The faster things can be done the more we do. The more we do, the more new thingsContinue reading “Time for Comfort: The Lie of Efficiency (Luke 10:41-42a)”
Time for Joy: Facing our Limits (Genesis 1:14-15)
“And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.” -GenesisContinue reading “Time for Joy: Facing our Limits (Genesis 1:14-15)”
Time for Comfort: There is never enough (Ecclesiastes 1:9)
“What has been will be again,what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 Let’s face it, our culture is infatuated with busy-ness. It is easy to be sucked in. We stack our days full of activities. For many of us the worth we assign ourselves is directlyContinue reading “Time for Comfort: There is never enough (Ecclesiastes 1:9)”
Spiritual Practices: Hopeful Future (Joy- Luke 24:33)
“It is true! The Lord has risen.” -Luke 24:33 Living generously whether it is expressed with our time or our money is one way to acknowledge our trust in God’s future provision. Consider making a gift of time or money to an organization or individual you care about. It could be volunteering at your church,Continue reading “Spiritual Practices: Hopeful Future (Joy- Luke 24:33)”
Spiritual Practices: Grounded Present (Joy- Luke 24:30-31)
“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” Luke 24: 30-31 Did you ever notice that joy and gratitude operate together in an upward spiral? In her bookContinue reading “Spiritual Practices: Grounded Present (Joy- Luke 24:30-31)”
Spiritual Practices: Grounded Present (Comfort- Luke 24:34-31)
“When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” Luke 24: 30-31 It is so easy to imagine oneself along the road to Emmaus. I would have been there.Continue reading “Spiritual Practices: Grounded Present (Comfort- Luke 24:34-31)”
Lent Reflection: Prayer of Restoration (Philippians 2: 9-11)
“Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:Continue reading “Lent Reflection: Prayer of Restoration (Philippians 2: 9-11)”
Lent Reflection: My Confession (Philippians 2: 5-8)
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himselfContinue reading “Lent Reflection: My Confession (Philippians 2: 5-8)”
Epiphany Comfort: The Hopeless Heart
“The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out, But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human, I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, Not as they pretend to be.” Jeremiah 17:Continue reading “Epiphany Comfort: The Hopeless Heart”
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