2 Samuel 6:12-19 To Ponder: I Shall Dance as David Danced One of my earliest memories of church in Nairobi, where I grew up, was singing everyone in the congregation singing the praise and worship song “Dance as David Danced”. It was the “youth service” which was known for a lively music group –
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Exact imprint
Hebrews 1:1-4 To Ponder: The Worth of a Thousand Words Studies suggest that, on average, we speak over 15,000 words a day. Most of those words seem to spill from me without really thinking about them: Starting with mumbled morning greetings and a somewhat clearer query about the status of coffee. My words just
Hard lessons
Do you not yet understand? Mark 8:14-21 Question for reflection: No, actually I don’t understand yet. I have a question. I always have one more question. There is one little bit I would like clarified, explained, and reviewed. I remember the loaves and the fishes, but I don’t know how it was done. And I
Happy anniversary, dear
Knock, Knock Matthew 7:7-11 Prayer for the day: Dear God, Sometimes I imagine “the road less traveled” behind the many doors I have knocked on that did not open. Other times, I have wondered if the right doors opened. If this is really what I wanted, what I was looking for, and where I am
Surprised by faith
Take it to the Lord in Prayer Luke 7:1-10 Prayer for the day: The old hymn reminds us what a privilege it is to carry everything, our sins and grief and pains and temptations, to God in prayer. And I know that when I pray, You will help carry my burden and bring me peace.
A woman teaches Jesus
For Even a Crumb is Enough Mark 7:24-30 Prayer for the day: I come before You needing healing –not just for myself but for those I love. I have tried everything and asked so many people for help. Now, I come with a need greater than my faith, greater than my patience, and greater than
Wanting to learn
Jesus Christ & Joseph Campbell Luke 4:14-30 Prayer for the day: God, you are both loving Father and ruling King in my life. When I stand before you, I stand before my friend and my judge. I trust You at home and when I am on the road. I trust Grace will bring me home.
Almost unspeakable
Matthew 2:16 -18 Prayer for the day: Soften my heart O, God, that I might have compassion for those who are forgotten, oppressed, and hurt. Harden my resolve, that I might have the courage not to look away but to hear their stories and learn their names. Move my hands, that I might be
Significant sacrifice
Matthew 2:13 -15 Prayer for the day: God of us all, open my eyes and heart to those near neighbors and the wider global community to those who are building new lives for themselves among strangers –as immigrants, refugees, travelers, and searchers. May I welcome them as you have you have welcomed me. Question
By another road
Matthew 2:12 Prayer for the day: The unfamiliar path is ahead –and I need courage to continue though it may be longer, steeper, and overgrown. You know how I fear being lost even though you have promised to leave all the 99 sheep to find the lost one. Soften my heart O, God, that