Old Year’s Night-This Year, There Will Be Fire

New Yearโ€™s Eve portends a year of hopeful questions. Old Yearโ€™s Night is the last day of an answering year. In every case, the answer is the same. If it didnโ€™t kill you, no matter what it was, you will never fear it again.  Old Yearโ€™s Nights prepare for New Yearโ€™s Days by way of …

Exhaled (a reboot)

And then, I exhaled. Iโ€™m committed to learning to breathe deeply. This is more than a metaphor. I am a shallow breather. According to people who teach meditation,   When we breathe in a shallow way, the body remains in a cyclical state of stressโ€”our stress causing shallow breathing and our shallow breathing causing stress. This …

Morning Devotional 3.30.26

โ€œThe next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, โ€œLook, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!โ€โ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ29โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ By what are you known? What do people say about you? What if we embodied our belief in ways that whispered our presence before we entered the spaces we …

Morning Devotional 3.29.26

โ€œBlessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!โ€ โ€œPeace in heaven and glory in the highest!โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญLukeโ€ฌ โ€ญ19โ€ฌ:โ€ญ38โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Beware the celebrations. Iโ€™m not saying that you shouldnโ€™t enjoy the high times, but remember, there is always an after. The aftermath of the Palm Sunday procession was the trial and the Crucifixion.Remember …

Morning Devotional 3.28.26

โ€œBut you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ3โ€ฌ:โ€ญ3โ€ฌ-โ€ญ5โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Protected.Sustained.Treasured.Adored.You, God, are the Lifter of my head, my …

Morning Devotional 3.27.26

โ€œMay the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,โ€โ€ญโ€ญRomansโ€ฌ โ€ญ15โ€ฌ:โ€ญ5โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌHarmony.To glorify God with "one mind and voice."Harmony is not unison, but rather a beautiful cacophony of acoustic coherence.Let Harmony be our prayer.Thanks be to God. Image may be subject to copyright

Mornings Devotional 3.26.26

โ€œI will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJeremiahโ€ฌ โ€ญ29โ€ฌ:โ€ญ14โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Godโ€™s promises?You will …

Morning Devotional 3.25.26

โ€œWhoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, โ€˜Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.โ€™โ€โ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ7โ€ฌ:โ€ญ38โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌ And all that weight youโ€™ve felt obligated to carry? Poof! Hereโ€™s your midweek reminder that you are not God, so let God be God.Believe.Rejoice.Breathe deeply.Laugh.Thanks be to God Image may be subject to copyright

Morning Devotional 3.25.26

โ€œAsk and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ7โ€ฌ:โ€ญ7โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌLord, we thank and praise You for Your presence in our lives. For being present and active, confirming that You abide with us, in all things, at all times. Because You abide …

Morning Devotional 3.23.26

Morning Devotional โ€œAs the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ42โ€ฌ:โ€ญ1โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Lord, I desire a life lived in You. I need You, like the air and water that sustains me.Lord, in your mercy hear our prayers. https://youtu.be/0Tzqn1OOCMM?si=NOq8uJShh15SAX8g

Morning Devotional 3.23.26

โ€œConsider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJamesโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ-โ€ญ4โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Our greatest challenges, particularly those we think might literally kill us, …

Morning Devotional 3.22.26

"Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host;Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost"Thomas Ken's 17th century Today we thank God and all those who lifted praises and petitions on behalf of my brother. God brought him through, and we are grateful for your prayers.To …