Grateful – Building the Beloved Community
2 Corinthians 4:15 “All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.”…
Steadfast – Building the Beloved Community
Hebrews 3:14 “For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end.” Wowza! Together, we’ve done amazing things. We showed up…
Righteous Action
Philippians 2:13 “God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.” While some may be feeling debilitating and demobilizing things like fear…
Gentleness, now? Really?
Qu’ran Reflection 25:63“The true servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk gently on the earth, and who, whenever the ignorant address them, say: ‘Peace’” In the divisive environment…
Faith Over Fear
Job 8:19“Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.” This scripture is a reminder that, out of God’s benevolence, nothing is wasted, and God makes useful…
We Decide: Building the Beloved Community
Matthew 19:26Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” We have huge tasks in front of us. Saving democracy, loving…
Light Rises in Darkness
Isaiah 58:9-10“Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. ‘If you do away with the yoke of…
Find Renewal
James 2:15-16Suppose a brother of a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does…
The Revealing
Revelation 1:3“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time…
Passion Week & Pandemic
1 Corinthians 15:55-57“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” “The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be…