Tag: Christ
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The Light and the Challenge
In the blazing heat the trees and grasses golden; they are candleflame and firelight. In the shimmering cold the frogs and crickets amplify; they are thunderclap and echo. In the winding cave the dripstone spikes lengthen into mountain and valley where the heat blinds and the cold paralyzes, the climb and the cliff wear and scatter,…
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A Prayer for Peacefulness
Lord God, you are All in All. You have blessed us immeasurably with life and spirit. Continue to bless us with selfless love that we may care for one another as you care for us, and in so doing wash away our fears of abandonment, hopelessness, and failure. May we love each other with your…
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Autumn comes cleanly into my day.
Autumn comes cleanly into my day. It has us wearing jackets and opening windows, stacking books and rearranging toys; it has us moving furniture and wiping baseboards, walking to school and praying in church. The three little ones and I stop in at the sanctuary. We are there with two women, mopping and dusting, and we…
Amy Secrist 