I don’t like to leave things out and certainly not people. The former, I write a list for; the latter, I say a prayer for. Like so many others, I know how it feels to be left out and seemingly forgotten. Maybe I should prayerfully put myself on the list. Likewise, we try to make […]
Names are important. Nick names are cute but birth names carry a lot of meaning. Parents name their children after persons they love and admire. They hand down names of those who they have left an indelible mark on their lives and they choose to remember them through their child. Parents also name their children […]
“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” ~ Romans 12.3, NRSV Race has two extremes when it comes to identity: […]
“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?” ~ Danielle LaPorte God tells us who we are because only God knows who we are to become. More than our parents, our Creator knows us intimately. In fact, the psalmist says this of God’s creative ability: “For it was […]