There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature –– the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.
01524 – A Woman Leader in an Evangelical World
As a woman leader in the conservative Evangelical world, I learned early to show constant pronounced deference — not just proper respect which I was glad to show — to male leaders, and when placed in situations to serve alongside them, to do so apologetically. I...
01006 – “Our Saviour’s Birth is Celebrated”
Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comesWherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrated,The bird of dawning singeth all night long,And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to...
00584 – Watching, Waiting, and Hoping
Such are the two great realities of Psalm 130: suffering is real, God is real. Suffering is a mark of our existential authenticity; God is proof of our essential and external humanity. We accept suffering; we believe in God. …But there is more than a description of...
00086 – Feeling Hopeless?
When hope feels as though it has passed you by, remember that something new may be dawning that you have not considered yet. An open and vulnerable heart is the way forward.