Ain’t Gonna Study War No More
In October, I began reflecting on this text from Micah: “For instruction shall go out of Zion...they shall beat their swords into plowshares
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SPIRITUAL DIRECTION WITH JULIA
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- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Prayerful Reflections Today is the first day of Advent and I have a gift for you!
Prayerful Reflections is a daily resource for connecting with God and the larger Christian community during the season of Advent & Christmas
- 4 days ago
- 4 min
Be Encouraged
Be Encouraged: An Advent reflection for Sunday, December 3rd by Rev. Julia Styles. 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 is a greeting from Paul to the church
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
Restore Us
Restore.
This is the word that immediately drew my attention as I read over Psalm 80. Restore us.
- 6 days ago
- 4 min
The One and Only One
Zechariah 14:1-9 is a difficult passage. Key take-away: God allows what defines his people to be destroyed and he replaces it with himself.
- Nov 27
- 4 min
Lectio Divina: An ancient practice for contemporary mystics
Advent is just a few days away. As you prepare to celebrate the advent of Christ, in both incarnation (birth of Jesus) and Parousia...
- Apr 3
- 5 min
A Lent Reflection for Holy Monday
By Kim Delp Lectionary reading for 4/3/2023: Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 36:5-11; Hebrews 9:11-15; John 12:1-11 Selected passage: John 12: 1-11...
- Apr 2
- 3 min
A Reflection for Passion Sunday
By Sara Fisher Lectionary reading for 4/2/2023: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66; Matthew 27:11-54 Selected...
- Mar 31
- 4 min
Keep silent and let me speak: Job 13:13-19
God is God and we are not. God invites us to lean into this humbling reality.
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Redemption, Promise, Faithfulness: Jeremiah 32
Three things stick out to me: God’s redemption, promise and faithfulness. All 3 can be found in the story of Israel, and in our own stories.
- Mar 28
- 4 min
Shaped and Scandalized by Grace: Ephesians 2
Surely there is joy and freedom in “the incomparable riches of [God’s] grace,” but this liberty does not exempt us from working on ourselves
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Out of the Depths - Psalm 130
A Lent Reflection for Thursday, March 23rd By Rev. Christy Bouris Lectionary reading: Psalm 130; Ezekiel 1:1-3, 2:8-3:3; Revelation...
- Mar 22
- 5 min
Faith in the Guide(book) - Matthew 9:27-34
Jesus offers us freedom through our faith, are we willing to step into that with him? Where in my life is Jesus asking “Do you believe?”
- Mar 21
- 3 min
Praise God! Psalm 146 (take 2)
A Lent Reflection for Tuesday, March 21st By Rev. Julia L. Styles Lectionary reading: Psalm 146; Isaiah 42:14-21; Colossians 1:9-14...
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Recognizing our own Shadows - Isaiah 59 and Psalm 146
What a gift that we get to join God in casting out darkness! But it starts with first recognizing the deep, dark shadows in us.
- Mar 19
- 6 min
Healing our Spiritual Blindness - John 9
Jesus says he came into the world for judgment, that “the blind will see and those who see will become blind” (v. 39)
- Mar 18
- 4 min
Creator, Word and Spirit - John 1:1-9
In the First Nation Version of the New Testament, the Trinity has many names, both as a collective, and as individual expressions.
- Mar 17
- 6 min
Partial Obedience - 1 Samuel 15:22-31
In verse 22 Samuel asked Saul the question, “what is more pleasing to God, burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obedience to what God commands
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Anyone who is thirsty - John 7:37-39
Sometimes we can get so busy and tied up in celebrating the old and even the past victories with God that we forget to thirst for more
- Mar 14
- 3 min
A Gentle Whisper - Psalm 81
A Lent Reflection for Tuesday, March 14th By Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Lobello Edwards Lectionary reading: Psalm 81; Genesis 29:1-14; 1...
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