Thought for the Day

Help me, dear God, to see my brother with the eyes of Christ, to hear my sister with the ears of Christ, to taste my neighbor’s hunger with the mouth of Christ, to smell creation’s beauty with the nose of Christ, to touch the world’s pain with the hands of Christ and to love life, each life, every life, with the heart of Christ. - Sam Hamilton-Poore Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation

Thought for the Day

A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of a higher law.

Thought for the Day

God knows us and calls us by name. We are not strangers or aliens to God. We are each and all God’s beloved. We have as our lover the Creator and Master of all that exists. The One who calls us beloved is also the one who know us so intimately and well that even the number of hairs on our head is known. - Norman Shawchuck and Rueben P. Job A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God

Thoughts for Today

What you have to offer is enough. Hold nothing back. The blessing is not in the treasure but in the letting go. In your simplest offering God finds delight. Reach into the small pocket of your heart: there is all the treasure in heaven. -Steve Garnaas-Holmes Unfolding Light

All Saints 2012

We bless your holy name, O God, for all your servants who, having finished their course, now rest from their labors. Give us grace to follow the example of their steadfastness and faithfulness, to your honor and glory; through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Prayer for All Saints Day, 20th Century England

BLESSINGS

May the Spirit of Life move you from apathy to action, from observing to doing, from despair to hope. May the Spirit of life bless you with both the pain and the joy of change— the change the world needs, the change for which you pray, the change you are becoming through Jesus Christ.” - Sam Hamilton-Poore Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation

Our Tears

The risen Christ, who meets us in our tears, calls us to embody his presence in a deeply wounded world. He calls us always to follow him to those places where people are struggling and in need and to share in his ministry of wiping away their tears. One way to accomplish this task is to weep with those who weep. -Trevor Hudson Hope Beyond Your Tears