Easter is a celebration of inheritance and anyone who tells you otherwise is just mistaken. Following the wake is the reading of bequeathing. Today, you inherit the cosmos and all creation. Everything that is the Son’s becomes yours. Because of what He did, you possess all He has. Today, is about Blessing.Today, we feast. Today, […]
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Christmas, Let it linger
I used to rush to take the tree down and put the lights away before the New Year began. It made sense to begin the year fresh. That is until one day it didn’t make much sense. Once I became a mom and I began to relate more to the little mother of Jesus, it […]
Memento Mori, Trick or Treat, and other deathly phrases
This time of year always has me in a writing mood (whether I get time to or not is entirely another story). Nonetheless, there’s something about the Fall months that seems to usher in a desire for pondering. Perhaps you’ve felt it too? Living in Florida, we don’t see the seasons change that drastically but […]
JOIN ME! 40 Days of Violence Begins Now – Lent 2020
Ashes aren’t so much a sign of our holiness as they are a sign of our humility. The observance of Lent is about manifesting your belief in the power of Christ to transform us. Your faith must be shown through works or else it is not actually faith-it’s magic. Lent focuses on the works of […]
Yom Kippur in the Days of Awe
“God, God, benevolent God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in kindness and truth; He preserves kindness for two thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, and He cleanses.” (Words of the Amidah according to Exodus 34:6-7) On this Yom Kippur, May you always be reminded it is the Compassion of God which […]