Posts with the tag “faithfulness”

Advent is good news because Jesus keeps arriving—here, now, in the middle of our actual lives. We steady ourselves in this reality: God with skin and bone, Eternity wrapped in humanity.St. Augustine wrote “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” That restlessness is familiar to us. And there’s something deeply comforting about a God who entered o...  Read More

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.                       – Lamentations 3:22-23 (NRSV)It might seem odd that an entire book of the bible, Lamentations, is devoted to lament. An entire book of the bible is set aside for pouring pain, grief, and sorrow out onto Jesus. And yet, we realize the promise o...  Read More

A prayer for your home:Dwelling place of generations,Everlasting to everlasting,Who spoke creation into beingAnd breathed dust into life,Be with us this day,In our waking and seeking,In our laughing and weeping.Keep us this day,In our trusting and doubting,In our coming and going,That You may be found,Here and now,And we may be found in You.Amen....  Read More

One of the Practices That Helps Us Center JesusThe first part of the Bible—what we call the Old Testament— tells the story of a God who makes a covenant with humanity… and keeps it. It’s a story of faithfulness across generations, and in Jesus, we see that commitment embodied.Jesus is the Word made flesh— God’s promise with skin on.When Jesus taught his followers to let their “yes” be yes (Matthew...  Read More