During this Lenten season, many Christians seek to draw nearer to God by walking more closely with Jesus the Christ in his sufferings, rejections of appetites and the allure of popular appearance (Matthew 4.11). It is the spiritual discipline of self- denial. After foretelling of his death, burial and resurrection, Jesus shares with the […]
Sovereign God, we confess that You are not controlled by race, that You are the God of all nations and people, that You are not confined to our prejudices. We confess that You cannot be convicted of our judgments, that You are not trapped in our history. You are the boundary of existence, our Judge and […]
Our world relies mostly on the external for interpretation, meaning and understanding. We know what we see and we believe it when we see it. We judge a person based on appearance; we look them over and surmise that we have them all figured out when all we have done is ascribe to them the […]
3 Soon Daniel distinguished himself above all the other presidents and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king planned to appoint him over the whole kingdom. 4 So the presidents and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint […]
“Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.” Matthew 18.19, NRSV Agreements. We make them and unfortunately, we break them. We sign agreements and sometimes, we wish that we could erase our names. Coming to an […]