Living, Loving God, Our souls cry out in thirst for your Spirit. Your Church is downcast and disturbed by the circumstances we are living through, yet we put our hope in you. It seems the waves and breakers of this era have rolled over us, yet we put our hopeContinue Reading
One of the realities of running a summer arts day camp is that, no matter how many kids you have, you have to have an adequate number of adults to staff the endeavor. God has graciously provided in ways I couldn’t have anticipated. For instance, there is a lady inContinue Reading
[Day One of camp went great! More on that later.] God of Power and Might, We thank you that no matter our circumstances, you are in control of this world. We know that you hear the cries of the oppressed and that your Church is called to minister to theContinue Reading
It is ready. Basically. Months of planning, promoting, asking, organizing, building from the ground up and tomorrow – ready or not – it starts. The set up is done, the volunteers are contacted, the name tags and programs are ready, the art projects and music are awaiting their artists, andContinue Reading
Renewing and Protecting God, Today we pray for your Church – specifically that she would be protected from the evils of this world and from further division within her. Because she is in you, your true Church can’t be understood by this world because darkness can’t understand Light. Protect yourContinue Reading
Once I was reading to my older kids a book by Jerry Pinkney entitled “Noah’s Ark”. This is a book filled with the biblical story of Noah and beautiful illustrations. As we were reading I found myself asking some odd questions. They were told to take food and water into theContinue Reading
God of Justice, Surely, Lord, you are good to your people, to those who are pure in heart. Remind us of that – remind us that you hold us and guide us by your counsel – when we see the arrogance and the prosperity of the wicked. They seem toContinue Reading
God, Our Fortress, You are our refuge and strength, and ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth gives way to violence, destruction, and death or the mountains of security and peace fall into the heart of the sea. Though the waters of fear, anger, andContinue Reading
My Big Project for the summer five days away: a whole week of hosting a day camp for 5th-12th graders. For the last several weeks I’ve been buried in preparations for it and have not been tending to my writing. I am looking forward to sitting down at the computerContinue Reading
Once I journeyed through “The Message” version of the Book of John. I was reading the story of Jesus’ feeding of the thousands and the subsequent conversation where Jesus names himself the Bread of Life and the people still want more ‘proof.’ What struck me in this version of theContinue Reading