Meditation

Beauty As Sustenance

I will find beauty It is a treasure I seek Beauty at its core Substantial beauty that I might miss When I only look on the surface In...

Experience Is A Hard Teacher

Job 14:7-15 “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its...

Moving Forward

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Janus_.jpg What does it mean to move forward? Whatever it means, it takes equal parts grace and...

Trust For Joy – Christmas Sunday

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness — on them light has shined. You...

Good News or Bad News?

Over and over angels, Spirit, and Jesus remind us to not give ourselves to fear. I don’t believe we live in a time which is any more...

Kid President gives a pep talk

I LOVE Kid President!! Below is one of his great pep talk videos. Once a month at First and Grace we have what we call Dinner and...

Drinking Deeply

Yesterday I spoke about Genesis 1 and 2. Both accounts of creation are inspiring and filled with images of God’s love for us. From the...