Stand Tall Anyway. Catching my breath after yet another horrific mass shooting …

There are no words,just this grief that isn’t minebut is at the same time. How can I live in a world like this, where I can’t controlwho allows black oil to pump through their veins –slippery rage,explosive blindness …How does a handsome young man become a murderous machine? How do I breathe as the magnitude […]

Prayer for the grace to see Christ in the marginalized and oppressed

You love us spectacularly –blazing light extravagant,unconditional,pure andtrue. And yet so often,we failto even see You. We are blindto Your presencein each other’s hearts,soft and burningfor someone to noticeand care,innocence buried under layers of injustice-scarswe didn’t choose. We fail to see purity,when it’s shroudedin suffering passed downlike a legacy-every ounce longingto be healed,screaming for mercywith […]

Contemplative prayer is the solution to all the problems we’re seeing in the world right now

Will youopen the floodgateinto eternity,into the vast realm beyond? Will you allowthe infinite supplyof Divine Loveto flowfreelyinto your heartand through? That’s all it wants to do. Imagine this:Pure Majestywaiting patientlyjust beyond the horizon like a sun hoping to rise …you may not live to see. But will you acknowledgethis great resourceof the heavensgrand,miraculous,so far beyondour […]

Voices of Unity: Maya Angelou “Still I Rise”

  A world renowned poet and activist, Maya Angelou was a master of connecting with people’s hearts and souls. Growing up in segregated south, she experienced poverty, racism and child rape. Instead of breaking her spirit, these challenges opened her to the depth of human experience and informed her ability to write with faith, power, […]

God please heal every wound caused by racism

Prayer to heal the wounds caused by racism

For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light. -Luke 8:17 God, it hurts to see so much racial tension bubbling to the surface in America. But we thank You for our growing awareness of the inequality, which still persists after all these years. Today […]