Tag Archives: mercy

Instruction

We learn forgiveness
flows in every direction
or not at all.
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Autumn Blessing II

Walk gently
in the midst of this day’s madness,
contribute nothing
to the sadness that is already in the world.
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Beyond Doctrine

It’s hard to get used to something you always avoid and actually returning good for evil is something most of us avoid. Continue reading

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Emancipation Proclamation

I remember thinking in my much younger years that the Carpenter’s teaching on forgiveness was just one more example of how he required more of us than was humanly reasonable. Forgiving someone seventy times? In a day? Yeah, right.

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In Step with the Spirit

Faith in the face of adversity
Hope in the midst of despair
Love in response to hostility Continue reading

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Warm Comfort

But the call of love, the call of Christ, the call of service, often moves us beyond the comfortable. Continue reading

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Prayer for Today

May your faith be replenished
by him who does not waver.
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Contrition & Exultation

How fine to see the mercy that lifts me, spares me, eases me through the deepest darkness and finds me standing in the vapor of a lifting fog, safe, anchored to Him who does not change! Continue reading

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Hurricanes & Funerals

It is a rare thing that evil inclinations turn to good in the face of adversity. Continue reading

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Swapping Places

Even from the midst of our messes, God heals and blesses. Though he may not spare us from the consequences of our choices, he still supplies grace and mercy. Continue reading

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