“that they may all be one” John 17:21 One. Jesus prayed for this. For his disciples. For those who would come to believe because of his disciples witness. For you. For me. For us. That we may all be one. Unity. To be “part of” instead of “apart” was Jesus’ prayer for his disciples- for them and for those who would come to believe because of them=us. The last words Jesus spoke to his disciples prior to his arrest, trial, and crucifixion included the lengthy prayer that takes u

"They left without saying goodbye”. Just reading that sentence you can likely hear the hurt in it. To say goodbye is hard, so sometimes people just avoid it. They leave without saying goodbye. And sometimes when things are hard we can go toward them. In the video above you can listen to Warren Zevon’s goodbye song. This was the final song Zevon wrote and recorded before dying of mesothelioma (a form of lung cancer) in September of 2003. After my mom died from lung cancer

Love so easily given lip-service and so challenging to live and let into our lives. This week the song in the video above has been going through my mind. Will you let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you We need this now. We have always needed it. We need to allow the Christ light to shine into our community, into our homes, into each of our lives. To be able to both, be the Christ light and allow others to sit with us in the dark is part of the journey. Pray that I

Shepherd me O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life - Marty Haugen in the hymn Shepherd Me O God. It’s Tuesday morning and I get a text message of a suicide- a young woman a year younger than my twenty-one year old Sophie who went to her high school and her youth group. My friend was asking about our Soul Shop suicide workshops and if that might be something they could offer at their church. Later in the evening I get a text message asking for comfort an