searching for space, grounded in grace
Job 21:34 How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood. –Job, responding to Zophar I’m sure I’ve never selected a passage from Job for these Advent devotions, but 2020 seems……
Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to……
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’ I know there has been good news in the midst……
Isaiah 40:11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom; and gently lead the mother sheep. I keep returning to Isaiah. The promise to a people……
Psalm 59:16-17 But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me and a refuge on the day of my distress. O my strength,……
John 10:27-28 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. Do you hear the one who knows……
1 John 4:9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent God’s only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Much has been written about what has been revealed in this pandemic year…….
Romans 8:18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. This is the first year that I’ve paired a song with each day’s reflections. Today, I’m……
Isaiah 40:3-5 A voice cries out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the……
*I feel compelled to offer a trigger warning here, as I’ll be writing about suicide and the guilt experienced by survivors.* Isaiah 40:1-2 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that……
