Prayer for the Life and Witness of the Church

Your kingdom, O God, is among us as a seed growing secretly. Let it burst into flower in our generation. Where the poor are raised up, there is your kingdom; Where justice flows down like the mountain streams, there is your kingdom; Where men and women give their...

God’s Promise

In life we make a lot of promises. To our parents, our siblings, spouses and friends. Some of these promises we keep and others we don’t. In the passage from Ezekiel that we will consider today we receive promise from God. What does it mean to us that God makes...

Preparing for Sunday: God’s Promise

Throughout scripture we find numerous promises made by God. From Noah and Abraham to the writing of Paul in the New Testament, scripture abounds with God’s promise. This Sunday we will look at another promise made by God which is found in the Book of Ezekiel....

Understanding Maturity

We are constantly growing, expanding in our learning and understanding. From moment to moment each experience we have changes us in small, subtle ways. As we progress through life we pray that we have the wisdom to learn from each of these experiences and to grow in...

A Second Look at the Garden of Eden

The story of Adam and Eve, of the Garden of Eden, is a well known story. So well known that we can recount the highlights of this story without much effort. For centuries this piece of scripture has been central to many important issues that are important in our walk...