They say that cleanliness is next to godliness, and as I crawl the perimeters of every room in my house – pushing a bucket of soap suds and scrubbing baseboards – I hope somehow they’re right. Actually, there on my knees behind the sofa, I
After a long, hard day of dealing with bosses, co-workers, traffic, children, etc., many of us come home feeling tired. We feel the film of the world around us on our bodies. Some of us start to itch. Any human being knows what it feels
Ever feel like you just don’t know where that heart went? How easy it seems for us to lose the perspective of what is left of us being right and good. All of us feel like we give of ourselves to our job, our partner,
I have said it many times, but I feel it always bears repeating, and at this time it seems particularly appropriate: there is never a need to wonder where God is, or to engage in a desperate search for God. God has this uncanny ability
Popes and presidents, archbishops, governors and legislators, Neo-Nazi skinheads in Wyoming or Idaho, Baptist fundamentalists in Virginia and even African Methodist Episcopal Reverend Doctors in Boston, Massachusetts — We’ve heard what they would do regarding “Gay Marriage.” However, because the opponents of gay and lesbian
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is
“I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” -John 14:27 I recall the exact moment I decided to come out as a lesbian. I was working late at night
“Do not be anxious,” Jesus urges his disciples. Angels generally begin: “Be not afraid.” Why not, for heaven’s sake? This world is dangerous. We’ve got crime and terrorism in our time; marauding kings, an occupying Roman army, plagues and locusts, lions in the desert in
Seems I have heard that maybe one time too much lately and I am quite the happy optimist so when does thinking or concern go from worry to anxiety? Psalms 37 speaks a lot about concern. It indicates that we should not worry about people
Being a very liberal minded and somewhat unorthodox Christian, and one who has long since made the wonderful discovery of the eternally valuable, relevant, spiritually powerful, and consistently inspiring wisdom which can bless us when reading the Bible with an open heart and mind rather