“…I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people…” Jeremiah 31: 33-34 A great way to practice joy is to celebrate our bodies and our actual, literal hearts beating away in there. And early spring is theContinue reading “Practice of Joy: Eat for Your Heart”
Author Archives: Gwen Lantz
Lent Reflection: Star Gazing (Psalm 19)
“The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.” Psalm 19:1-2 At the end of summer, or maybe really the middle of fall, my son and I dragged our rather large air mattress out onto the front porchContinue reading “Lent Reflection: Star Gazing (Psalm 19)”
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Lent Reflection: Faith in the Modern World (Romans 4:17-18)
“Abraham was first named “father” and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw heContinue reading “Lent Reflection: Faith in the Modern World (Romans 4:17-18)”
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Practice of Joy: Evening Meditation (Mark 1:13)
“Jesus was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.” Mark 1:13 Let’s face it: our culture highly values busy-ness and the pursuit and accomplishments of tasks. The frenetic pace can, if we are not aware, become excruciating all while pursuing worthwhileContinue reading “Practice of Joy: Evening Meditation (Mark 1:13)”
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