“For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. O continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your salvation to the upright of heart!” -Psalm 36:9-10 In my neck of the woods, these are long days of cold and darkness. The flash and excess of Christmas decorContinue reading “Epiphany Comfort: Water and Light”
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Epiphany Comfort: Illumination, Encounter & Intuition
“They set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.” -Matthew 2:9-10 The beauty and challenge of language is that a single word canContinue reading “Epiphany Comfort: Illumination, Encounter & Intuition”
Joy for Fall: “Setting aside our doing”
Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! “God, brilliant Lord, Your name echoes around the world.” Psalm 8:9 Setting aside our doing to be with God Sunset whispering pink threaded with blue and yellow What human might What effort Could out-do this temporalContinue reading “Joy for Fall: “Setting aside our doing””
Comfort for Fall: God’s artwork (Psalm 8:3-5)
Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! “I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take aContinue reading “Comfort for Fall: God’s artwork (Psalm 8:3-5)”
Comfort for Fall: Autumn Praise (Psalm 19:1-4) NIV
Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words;Continue reading “Comfort for Fall: Autumn Praise (Psalm 19:1-4) NIV”
Comfort for Fall: God’s Inevitable Kingdom (Psalm 54:1&7)
Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! “For your sake help me! Use your influence to clear me. Listen God – I’m desperate. Don’t be too busy to hear me. . . .Thank you God – you’re so good. You got me outContinue reading “Comfort for Fall: God’s Inevitable Kingdom (Psalm 54:1&7)”
Fall Comfort: Cry for Help (Psalm 116: 1 & 12-13)
Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! “I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.How can I repay the Lordfor all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call onContinue reading “Fall Comfort: Cry for Help (Psalm 116: 1 & 12-13)”
Comfort: Hagar, seen by God (Genesis 16:13)
“She answered God by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, ‘You’re the God who sees me!’” Genesis 16:13 The Message Each of us has beautiful qualities, just like all women throughout time. And we each have those ugly moments, character flaws, and circumstances beyond our control, that raise their heads. Not unlikeContinue reading “Comfort: Hagar, seen by God (Genesis 16:13)”
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)”
