thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: Tuesday Prayer for 3/17/15: Deathly
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015/03/tuesday-prayer-for-31715-deathly.html
Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Tuesday Prayer for 3/17/15: Deathly. Inspired by John 12:20-33. From http:/ pixgood.com/empty-space.html. As the sun starts to remain in the sky just a little bit longer every day,. Lent comes along and says,. 8220;Not yet. Not quite yet.”. So, in spite of the light, I settle down into the darkness and am reminded that. I will die,. I will fail and. And then come the questions;. What will I do with this life? Will I live and wonder as fully as I can? I will die,. I will fail and.
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: Tuesday Prayer for 4/14/15: (Ghost)
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015/04/tuesday-prayer-for-41415-ghost.html
Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Tuesday Prayer for 4/14/15: (Ghost). Inspired by Luke 24:36-48. It is easy to see Jesus in those people who are most like me because. I can see their flaws, clearly, and the intentions behind their hopes. They are mine so. I know the intentions may be good. I know there is another side to every good intention. I know there are hidden motivations that move faster than I can turn my head towards them). Sometimes, I can see Jesus in those who are different from me and. I back away,.
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: May 2015
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015_05_01_archive.html
Friday, May 29, 2015. Tuesday Prayer for May 26th, 2015: 137. At first it was an abstraction. An impossible number in some ways. A ridiculous number. The sound, the roar, the explosion of 137 bullets being fired from 13 guns at a car with 2 people inside. I imagine there were voices lifted in horror and anger and rage and, afterwards, a fading echo of all this bouncing off the walls around this schoolyard; overwhelming the echo of children’s laughter and exuberance. When family members and friends heard ...
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: March 2015
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015_03_01_archive.html
Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Tuesday Prayer for 3-31-15: Always Again. I remember one of those times I was holding my head in my hands. My heart was in my throat and beating so fast it was making it difficult to breathe. My heart was beating so hard it felt like it was rocking my body. I had failed, badly. My failure had caused other people pain and I was so sorry and so ashamed and it was so clear that any sense of worth was spilling at my feet like loose change. What is also true,. Is that, well…. I rememb...
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: The Horrifying Cost Paid for the Removal of One Flag
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-horrifying-cost-for-removal-of-one.html
Friday, July 24, 2015. The Horrifying Cost Paid for the Removal of One Flag. Almost a month to the day that nine people were murdered by a white supremacist, lone wolf terrorist in South Carolina, a confederate flag flying over that state's capitol grounds was lowered and moved to their historical archives. It was removed by an honor guard in a service of solemn prayers, contrite speeches and live media coverage. Governor Nikki Haley spoke and said:. When moments make the problem clear we default to symb...
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: Rachel Dolezal and the question of privilege...
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015/06/rachel-dolezal-and-question-of.html
Friday, June 12, 2015. Rachel Dolezal and the question of privilege. The story of Rachel Dolezal. Is still emerging and there will be more to know. I've been to a couple of her workshops and they were really good. I've been to one of her gallery displays and found it moving. She's done good advocacy work and I have hopes something good will come out of this moment. Some of the conversations that are already emerging around race and identity will be important. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). URGENT: A...
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: Tuesday Prayer for 3-10-15: How can I say thanks?
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015/03/tuesday-prayer-for-3-10-15-how-can-i.html
Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Tuesday Prayer for 3-10-15: How can I say thanks? Someone once told me that its almost impossible to begin to understand the Psalms until after you have turned 34. The idea was that you had to have been desperate enough. And have had screwed up enough. To understand that the Psalms were more than dramatic hyperbole;. That people could feel so low that being lifted up. I am coming up on 47. And I remember thinking 40 was the age people stopped being happy and fun). Our Church Coun...
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: January 2015
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015_01_01_archive.html
Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Tuesday Prayer fo 1/6/15: Arrival. Tuesday Prayer for 1/8/15. From http:/ www.universaldesignresource.com). Inspired by Mark 1:4-11. One: What are we getting ready for? Many: The time of waiting has past. Christ is among us. One: What are we getting ready for? Many: And what do we need to let go of? One: What are those things we need to set aside? What are those old ideas we need to release? Many: What is the freedom we need to bind ourselves to? One: Christ is among us. Fellows...
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: Thursday post for 3/7/15: No justice? No passing the peace.
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015/03/thursday-post-for-3715-no-justice-no.html
Thursday, March 5, 2015. Thursday post for 3/7/15: No justice? No passing the peace. Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.". These systems are the children of the systems that conspired to torture and kill Jesus. This isn't all of what Lent's about but its a large important part of what Lent's about. What if the time normally used for these things was used for sharing ways people can resist these systems or to drill down more deeply into one aspect of these realities? Within church tr...
thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com
Thoughts and prayers...: Tuesday Prayer for 3/3/15: Fiercly
http://thoughtsandprayers-mike.blogspot.com/2015/03/tuesday-prayer-for-3315-fiercly.html
Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Tuesday Prayer for 3/3/15: Fiercly. Inspired by Psalm 19. I remember the first time I saw the Grand Canyon. It was a full moon on Halloween. We came through the forest and, suddenly, there it was; all dressed in grandeur and awe; darkness lit by silver. I did not believe it. It was far too big. It was far too wide. With the thumb and index finger of my right hand I pinched the skin on my left. I remember another time when Ron talked about the stars. I remember holding my son.
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT