Category: Words

Easter Sunday

Love Letter from Yǎ Wēi Pó-Po just then I went to clean your room, sweep the floor. now listen – these hand that smell of garlic and look like maps pull so tight the seam of all creation to be close to you. after all, you...

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Lent Day 38 | John 21

Today’s reading: John 21 The Church often emphasizes The Great Commission, where Jesus calls his disciples to go forth to all the nations to spread the good news and make disciples as Jesus’ final and most important...

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Lent Day 37 | John 20:19-31

Today’s reading: John 20:19-31 Dear God, Thank you for this day as we near the conclusion of Lent. Help remind us that it is through your example that we seek justice, and through you we find hope. But also help us...

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Lent Day 36 | John 20:1-18

Today’s reading: John 20:1-18 Mary came to the tomb before sunrise. She’s alone when the angels ask her why she’s weeping. It’s likely that in her grief she didn’t realize who they were or why their...

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Lent Day 35 | John 19

Today’s reading: John 19 God, open our souls and our bodies to a new understanding of this old story. Amen. I have this memory from my third grade Sunday school class. We were given a big, thick metal nail, and the story...

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Lent Day 33 | John 18:28-40

My Kingdom is Not of this World Today’s reading: John 18:28-40 God, I praise you for the story You tell, the ultimate wonder tale You invited us to become part of. I praise You for a Kingdom with doors wide open. Show us...

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Lent Day 32 | John 18:1-27

Truth-telling is Today’s reading: John 18:1-27 Jesus, Something is very, very wrong in your church right now. Your church is being hijacked. I’m made to feel alone and in the wrong. But I believe you’d also want this wrong...

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Lent Day 31 | John 17

Today’s reading: John 17 Protect us, O Lord, from those who would do us harm. Help us live out of the deep reality of who we truly are, and to whom we belong, that we may work to make this world a place in which everyone...

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Lent Day 30 | John 16

http://paacmagtest.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Day-30-VIDEO-Charlene-Choi-Rodin.mp4 Today’s reading: John 16 God, envelop me in grace and patience as I delve into discovery and truth. Let me find freedom in...

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Lent Day 29 | John 15

The Ground of Our Faiths Today’s reading: John 15 Gracious God, in order that the children of earth might discern good from evil, you sent your Son to be light of the world. As Christ shines upon us, may we learn what...

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Lent Day 27 | John 14

Today’s reading: John 14 Thank you for this community to wrestle in life’s messiness together. In John 14, the disciples are firing their best questions at Jesus, as he continues to gently reassure and allay their...

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Lent Day 26 | John 13

Today’s reading: John 13 Dear God, Thank you for freeing us from the power of sin and freeing us for life in the Spirit. Please fill us with your spirit so that we may abide in Christ by faith. We pray that with this...

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