What happens when we only think of ourselves?
What happens when we only think of ourselves? In our house if each person only thought of themselves, life would be completely unpleasant and utterly chaotic. Conflict would rage (more than it does!) and an implosion would follow. What if our communities only...
Dear God …
Dear God . . . . It’s the way most of us will begin a prayer. We close our eyes, we bow our heads. Sometimes we feel confident to speak words for a prayer in a small group of people, sometimes we’ll feel confident enough to do so for a large community of faith. Some...
Stories
We all experience shifts and changes across the span of our life. Each time we enter a new decade of life, something within us has to grow and develop. As we age, we carry different and deepening experiences of life. The wisdom of the older generations is important...
faith and growth
Remember a time when you seemed to suddenly grow in who you were? When your idea of God began to deepen and sense of God’s presence become more real? What was going on for you at that point in time? Those moments of growth nearly always come with being stretched in...