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January 29 Quote: “You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once, but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of itsContinue reading “Stepping out…”

“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.” Mahatma Ghandi Meditation: In a time where the world experiences America suddenly as a powerContinue reading “The Two Kinds of Power”

January 27 Quote: “If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die.” Maya Angelou Meditation: “Being holy” that means “being whole”. When two partners engage sexually, they in certain ways become “one”. When there is love, the oneness can be experienced as “wholeness”, as fulfilling, as safe and affirming. WhenContinue reading “Love and Self-Respect”

January 26 Quote: “When God makes a covenant with us, God says: ‘I will love you with an everlasting love. I will be faithful to you, even when you run away from me, reject me, or betray me.’ “ Henri Nouwen Meditation: God does not coerce us. God invites us. God wants us to live andContinue reading “Contract versus Covenant”

Joshua 1:9 “I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Meditation: Joshua was God’s chosen successor after Moses died. He was the next generation coming into leadership. The words to “be strong and courageous, to not be frightenedContinue reading “Us, the next generation…”

Psalm 29:11 The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace. Meditation: We find ourselves at a time of big political change. Some of us feel weak and afraid at a time where a strong leader has left who stood up for peace in the US and inContinue reading “D. Bonhoeffer:”…it is easy for the tyrannical despiser…””

Spiritual identity means we are not what we do or what people say about us. And we are not what we have. We are the beloved daughters and sons of God. Henri Nouwen Meditation: Sometimes life just gets too much. Sometimes the conflicts around us try to swallow us. We feel exhausted, torn, anxious andContinue reading “Belonging”

January 21 2. Peter 1:21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.  Meditation: Christians believe that the Holy Spirit is given to all of us at the moment of our baptism. It does not matter ifContinue reading “Who is a prophet?”

January 20 Deuteronomy 8:18 But you must remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth, so that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is today. Meditation: Paula White, who will pray at the inauguration today is the personal pastor of theContinue reading “The Strength of a Country”

January 19 John 12:32 Jesus said: “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” Meditation: My father had always been the parent I had felt emotionally very close to. I admired him. As I got older, I also saw his wounds, his flaws and shortcomings. But overall,Continue reading “God’s mystery of butterflies”