Posts with the tag “presence”

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

I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me.  I was naked and you gave me clothes to wear. I was sick and you took care of me. I was in prison and you visited me.                     – Matt. 25:35-36It can be easy to glaze over the story of Advent; it’s so familiar. We see nativity scenes on holiday cards, front lawns, and c...  Read More

A prayer for your home:Abiding Love,Patient Presence,Who sees,And loves and stays,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 JesusOn the night Jesus was betrayed, he didn’t fight or flee. He didn’t condemn or escape. He knelt. He served. He stayed at the table. He offered the cup to Judas. He washed the feet of every disciple—including the one who would betray him, the one who would deny him, and the ones who would run.He said, “They will know you are mine by how you love one an...  Read More

One of the Practices That Helps Us Center JesusThroughout the Gospels, Jesus makes space for those the world tends to ignore: Children (Matthew 19), the poor and hungry (Matthew 25), the outsider (Luke 15), and the stranger (also Matthew 25).We are still learning what it means to be with people the way Jesus is with us— without control, without hurry, without needing to be impressive or right.Bein...  Read More