The section of Psalm 107 we look at today is all about taking risks - and about what happens when we’ve reached our own limits.

Sometimes we think of those passages that talk about our sin as inherently shaming. But Dottie Oleson’s devotional today takes a different perspective.

This week we look at the different reception stories in Psalm 107 in anticipation of our Fall looking at our own stories in light of the story of Jonah.

Jesus keeps calling us back to the Imago Dei - the image of God in us. He calls us to become who we already are.

Jesus adapts the Greatest Commandment to his situation. Could we do the same?

Shame-free spaces are precious - and crucial for us to grow.

Sometimes it’s helpful to let our holy imagination roam free in order to bring us back to God in the midst of our challenges.

God’s power is not alway - and perhaps not primarily - the raw power to accomplish things. It’s also the gentle power to transform.

Today we hear from faith leaders ancient and contemporary about what it means to rest.

Part of God’s plan for the Sabbath was that the Beloved Community would do it’s best to make it possible for those most at risk to be able to rest as well.

Psalm 92 was written specifically to be sung on the Sabbath as a vision of rest and flourishing.

The Sabbath is not just for middle class people to kick up their feet. It was originally designed for day laborers and even animals to be able to rest.

In this revolutionary passage, God upends the status quo by welcoming immigrants and sexual minorities into the very heart of sacred space and time.

Today we get to reflect on a poem about exhaustion… and hear it’s gentle invitation to rest.

We look at the outside. Jesus basically ignores it and goes straight for the heart every time.

Purity tends to be about getting things right. Holiness, in it’s healthiest form, is primarily about relationship. Which is easier for you?

A simple prayer for Sundays… and for just about any day.

God shows us early on that setting limits is a gift, and the Spirit invites us to imitate that way of being.