Blogging Through the Seasons

Prayer 31: “May my needs be evermore entangled with my charity, benevolence, offering, and care for others.” I am always exasperated when I hear the invitation to be like Jesus. My thoughts trail to the Christan marketing slogan made popular in the 1990s, “What Would...

As I have been reading this book, May It Be So, it has touched so many different cords in my heart and experience. It has opened me to viewing the Lord’s Prayer in a different light. I believe the essence of this book can be summed up in one of the book’s...

I have been intrigued by the times the word, “love,” has been mentioned in the prayers of our book, “May It Be So.” Six of the prayers have to do with how we see, receive, and do love with each other. Six others are petitions for the assurance and presence...

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 Our bodies are amazing. We often forget to appreciate all they do for us. Sometimes we focus on our flaws, instead of seeing...

“May the knowledge of my mortality inspire me to spend myself wildly and wisely rather than hold tightly to my hours, my minutes, my strength, and my time.” It was pouring down rain as we entered the I-15 freeway in Corona when a truck swerved into our lane. I watched...

TW: this piece contains mentions of toxic fitness phrases Day 26: “May I never sacrifice my health and wholeness on the altar of productivity; let my work be rooted in my full humanity and in grace.” We have been inundated with mantras of productivity and...