Lenten Grace — Weeds and Wilderness
The darksome burn, horseback brown, His rollrock highroad roaring down, In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam Flutes and low to the lake falls home. A windpuff-bonnet of fawn-froth Turns and...
View ArticleLenten Grace — A Table in the Wilderness
…faith finds food in famine, and a table in the wilderness. In the greatest danger, faith says, “I have a great God.” When outward strength is broken, faith rests on the promises. In the midst of...
View ArticleLenten Grace — Everyday Moments
photo by Josh Scholten The sacred moments, the moments of miracle, are often the everyday moments, the moments which, if we do not look with more than our eyes or listen with more than our ears reveal...
View ArticleLenten Grace — A Fitting Silence
photo by Josh Scholten I owned a slope full of stones. Like buried pianos they lay in the ground… What bond have I made with the earth, having worn myself against it? It is a fatal singing I have...
View ArticleLenten Grace — Serene Forgetting
photo by Josh Scholten There will be rest, and sure stars shining Over the roof-tops crowned with snow, A reign of rest, serene forgetting, The music of stillness holy and low. ~Sara Teasdale May we...
View ArticleLenten Grace — He is Laboring
photo by Josh Scholten All creatures are doing their best to help God in His birth of Himself. Enough talk for the night. He is laboring in me; I need to be silent for a while, worlds are forming in my...
View ArticleLenten Grace — We Must Choose
Jesus, Apple of God’s eye, dangling solitaire on leafless tree, bursting red. As he drops New Eden dawns and once again we Adams choose: God’s first fruit or death. —Christine F. Nordquist “Eden...
View ArticleLenten Grace — Washed Clean
Jesus washing the feet of his disciples by Finnish artist Albert Gustaf Edelfelt What e’er the soul has felt or suffered long, Oh, heart! this one thing should not be forgot: Christ washed the feet of...
View ArticleThe Future is Possible
photo by Josh Scholten the green of Jesus is breaking the ground and the sweet smell of delicious Jesus is opening the house and the dance of Jesus music has hold of the air and the world is turning...
View ArticleA Unique Heartbeat
photo by Josh Scholten “Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to...
View ArticleCrimson Fingers
…God’s not nonexistent; He’s just been waylaid by a host of what no one could’ve foreseen. He’s got plans for you: this red-gold-green parade is actually a fairly detailed outline. …it’s true...
View ArticleA Canticle for Advent: Kind and Good
1. Jesus our brother, kind and good Was humbly born in a stable rude And the friendly beasts around Him stood, Jesus our brother, kind and good. 2. “I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown, “I carried...
View ArticleA Canticle for Advent: Stars Were Glowing
Jesus, Jesus, rest your head. You has got a manger bed. All the evil folk on earth Sleep in feathers at their birth. Jesus, Jesus, rest your head. You has got a manger bed. 1. Have you heard about our...
View ArticleListening for the Message
Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. ~Malcolm Muggeridge Every day is filled with stories told and I feel too rushed to...
View ArticleListening to Lent — Sometimes We Fall
Weak and wounded sinner Lost and left to die O, raise your head, for love is passing by Come to Jesus Come to Jesus Come to Jesus and live! Now your burden’s lifted And carried far away And precious...
View ArticleListening to Lent — My Soul Revived
I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto Me and rest; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.” I came to Jesus as I was, Weary and worn and sad; I found in Him a resting place,...
View ArticleListening to Lent — In the Morning When I Rise
In the morning, when I rise In the morning, when I rise In the morning, when I rise, give me Jesus Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus, You can have all this world, But give me Jesus When I am alone When I...
View ArticleTime for Breakfast
Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. John 21:12 It is so easy to let go of Easter — slide back into the...
View ArticleWorn Out Gloves
At our annual Wiser Lake Chapel Thanksgiving service last night, we were asked to participate by bringing a token of something we are thankful for. This is what I brought. This is what my farm work...
View ArticleAwaiting His Arrival: An Advent Series
It was a time like this, war & tumult of war, a horror in the air. Hungry yawned the abyss – and yet there came the star and the child most wonderfully there. It was a time like this of fear &...
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