Imago Scriptura 38 – Fallen
As I wrote yesterday, Luke 15 is one of my favorite chapters in all of Scripture. I have gone back […]
BFTJ – Sep 25 – Invisible Sacrament
“An outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace” – St Augustine’s definition of sacrament. Sacraments are the […]
BFTJ – Sep 14 – Remaining Anchored in Love
Sunday morning, I was reading in my devotions before I headed to worship and I came across these words from […]
BFTJ – September 13 – Hold onto Jesus
Fragility – that’s what I heard in the words of Nouwen in his devotional words from the other day. He […]
BFTJ – Sep 8 – Choosing Blessings
Nouwen continues a similar theme around choosing blessings or curses in our lives – its a message of what we […]
BTFJ – Sep 2 – Choosing Life not Death
The last several days of readings from Nouwen have covered a similar theme – choosing life over death, choosing blessings […]
BFTJ – Aug 29 – The Companionship of the Dead
Our children unfortunately never knew their great-grandparents. Only my grandmother on my dad’s side was still alive when our youngest […]
BFTJ – Aug 28 – A Grateful Death
Today’s devotion from Nouwen got me thinking about gratitude. He focused on how we choose to come to our final […]
BFTJ – August 25 – Love and the Pain of Leaving
I wrote briefly the other day about autumn coming around the corner. Even now, I have the windows open at […]
BFTJ – Aug 24 – Parents’ Grief
I have not had to face the loss of a child and I pray that I never have to face […]
BFTJ – August 23 – The Quality of Life
Today was one of my favorite days each year at our congregation. It was our annual Dixieland Sunday (side note: […]
BFTJ – August 22 – Living out our Passages Well
I wasn’t originally going to post anything on this reading – not because I didn’t think it worthy of a […]
BFTJ – August 21 – Taking the Sting out of Death
I love taking pictures of old cemeteries. Maybe that makes me a little twisted (some truth to that) but there […]
BFTJ – August 20 – The Treasure of the Poor
This summer, I have spent a lot of time listening to Michael & Lisa Gungor’s new album, “One Wild Life.” […]
Bread for the Journey (BFTJ) – Aug 19 – Meeting God in the Poor
Since I started back at the congregation following my sabbatical, I have been starting up with a devotional book I […]
