Learning to Hand Over Our Spirit: a Good Friday Reflection
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Where is God in our suffering? This Good Friday reflection invites us to trust in God’s presence and learn, like Jesus, to hand over our spirit in love.
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Why Do We Exult in the Cross?
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As we commemorate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we might wonder why we celebrate the cross, a symbol of suffering and death. I don’t know about you, but when I’m in the midst of my own pain, my first reaction is not to praise it. Why would I rejoice in it? Let’s see what the Spirit has to say to us about the crosses in our lives . . .
Read MoreWhy Do We Suffer?
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Brokenness is real, but it is redeemable. As community, we can bring our woundedness together, owning our incompleteness, and drawing near each other. God is present when we come together in our brokenness, God who has chosen to be vulnerable too.
Read MoreWhy Do We Suffer?
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Brokenness is real, but it is redeemable. As community, we can bring our woundedness together, owning our incompleteness, and drawing near each other. God is present when we come together in our brokenness, God who has chosen to be vulnerable too.
Read MoreHope Does Not Disappoint
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God is present to the reality of who we are, even as God calls us to grow. God is certainly in our midst.
Read MoreA God of Love, Not Destruction
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God is very close with us always, and in those hard times, God is still there, even when it doesn’t feel like it. God is always talking to us, always trying to catch our attention, to reassure us, to let us know that God’s with us, that God loves us.
Read MoreThe Hope that Belongs to God’s Call
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The Feast of the Ascension shows us is that the revelation of Christ in the world, even amidst all of this sorrow, is up to us. The presence of Christ crucified and risen is within each one of us. That’s where God is in all of this. Not waving good bye from above, but generating hope from within us -- hope that we proclaim.
Read MoreMo' Blessings, No Woes
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In our following Christ, we do seek blessings rather than woes. As one of our group members said, “No more woes! Only more blessings! Mo’ blessings, no woes!”
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