“When we choose thankful prayer over wallowing in anxiety and worry, we are demonstrating an unwavering trust in God.” –Priscilla Shirer In advance of 2021 will you practice gratitude with us for the...
Merry Christmas from the Center for Public Dialogue and the Office of Social Justice as you reflect on joy during the fourth week of advent. Poet Malcolm Guite writes, “Christmas sets the centre at...
“So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.” - John 1:14 Blessings to...
This week may you be filled with shalom as you reflect on the peace advent candle. “The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.” - Psalm 29:11 National Day of Remembrance and...
This week we light the first candle of Advent, the hope candle. "I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with...
Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. - Psalm 95:2 Uganda protests and violence – 45 killed Ugandan police have killed 45 civilians in clashes over the...
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalm 119:105 Crisis in Ethiopia At least 27,000 people in Ethiopia have fled into neighbouring Sudan so far, as the UN has said a "full-scale...
Who has held the oceans in His hands? Who has numbered every grain of sand? Kings and nations tremble at His voice All creation rises to rejoice! Behold our God seated on His throne Come, let us adore...
Hear my cry, O God Listen to my prayer From the ends of the earth I call to You And when my heart Is overwhelmed Lead me to the rock - David Baloche “Public Charge” Rule Change Struck Down in U.S. The...
"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." - John 16:33 NLT 545 children still...
It is the command of Jesus that we not worry, as the world worries, in ways that make us crazy, or mean or angry or hateful or quarrelsome. It is a command spoken by Jesus who himself is un-anxious...
"I am close to death at the hands of my enemies; oh, give me back my life again, just as you promised me. Accept my grateful thanks and teach me your desires. My life hangs in the balance, but I will...
