having just one accepting adult reduces the risk of suicide
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Daily Devotional
On Sunday we listened to this beautiful reframing of Scripture’s invitation in Phil. 4 (so often phrased as a command) that we not be anxious. “Don’t be afraid is one of the most abused phrases from the Bible…”
Read MorePaul invites us to NAME our anxiety
Read MoreTo see Thee more clearly, love Thee more dearly, follow Thee more nearly by Kelley Barton
Read MoreBelow you’ll find a short list of guided meditation possibilities, many updating daily - would you like to pick one to try out this morning?
Read MoreIn the resistance to oppression that seems to grow daily, we need to find time and space for renewal.
Read MoreI don’t know exactly how to release Others for the things done wrong by Kelley Barton
Read More“Give us this day our daily bread…” It’s a radical prayer already, because Jesus invites us to pray not just for our own individual daily needs, but to include the we of it all - to pray for what our neighbors need too. (The ones we like and the ones we quite honestly don’t.)
Read MoreKeep your prayers simple, says Jesus.
Read MoreThis is my kid, in whom I am so pleased by Kelley Barton
Read MoreBefore his ministry had even begun, God loudly, publicly declared Jesus to be “beloved.” And God looks at each of us that way, too. But every day we receive messages, we’re told lies, that chip away at our sense of love and belonging…
Read MoreIn God’s economy, there’s always enough to go around.
Read MoreAn invitation for a wild new year
Read MoreA verse and a poem to help you envision the new year.
Read MoreSometimes a prison cell is a helpful image.
Read MoreParticipating in the kindom work that the Spirit is doing in the world after Christmas
Read MoreA reflection on the word Manger
Read MoreMary’s song, often called the Magnificat, is a stunning denouncement of the way the world views power.
Read MoreI often wondered what it was like for Mary and Joseph, I mean really like, when Jesus was born by Kelley Barton
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