Poets & Saints

Look Toward Heaven and Count the Stars Sep 22, 2026 5:08 ScriptureGenesis 15:5 (NRSVUE)He brought him outside and said,"Look toward heaven and count the stars,if you are able to count them."Then he said to him,"So shall your descendants be."RefrainHope returns when I look up.QuoteJ.R.R. Tolkien, from The Return of the King"Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while.The beauty of it smote his heart,as he looked up out of the forsaken land,and hope returned

Theology Is Best Pursued Outdoors Sep 21, 2026 5:08 ScripturePsalm 19:1 (NRSVUE)The heavens are telling the glory of God;and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.RefrainThe world will never starve for want of wonders, but only for want of wonder.QuoteWendell Berry, from The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays"The Bible is best read and understood outdoors,and the farther outdoors the better.Passages that within walls seem improbable or inc

Take and Read Sep 18, 2026 5:05 ScriptureRomans 13:13–14 (NRSVUE)Let us live honorably as in the day,not in reveling and drunkenness,not in debauchery and licentiousness,not in quarreling and jealousy.Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ,and make no provision for the fleshto gratify its desires.RefrainI want to spend my life knowing you.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences"Lord, as much as I can mean anything,I mean this pr

Under the Sun Sep 17, 2026 5:05 ScriptureDeuteronomy 6:4–5 (NRSVUE)Hear, O Israel:The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.You shall love the Lord your Godwith all your heartand with all your souland with all your might.RefrainEven here, the prayers hold.QuoteJürgen Moltmann"When we encounter insoluble problems and despair,we must rememberthat the Shema of Israeland the Lord's Prayerwere prayed in Auschwitz." Hosted on Acast. See aca

You Will See Heaven Opened Sep 16, 2026 5:05 ScriptureJohn 1:50–51 (NIV)Jesus said,"You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree.You will see greater things than that."He then added,"Very truly I tell you, you will see heaven open,and the angels of God ascending and descendingon the Son of Man."RefrainGod is nearer to me than my own soul.QuoteJulian of Norwich, from Revelations of Divine Love"God is nearer to us than our own s

I Saw You Under the Fig Tree Sep 15, 2026 5:05 ScriptureJohn 1:47–49 (NIV)When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him,"Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.""How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.Jesus answered,"I saw you while you were still under the fig treebefore Philip called you."Then Nathanael declared,"Rabbi, you are the Son of God;you are the king of Israel."RefrainI was seen before I was found.QuoteRabbi Joha

Prayer Is the Oxygen of Faith Sep 14, 2026 5:05 Scripture1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 (NRSVUE)Rejoice always,pray without ceasing,give thanks in all circumstances;for this is the will of Godin Christ Jesus for you.RefrainPrayer is keeping company with God.QuoteMother Teresa"Prayer is not asking.Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God,at His disposition,and listening to His voicein the depth of our hearts." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac

Blessed Are the Patient Sep 11, 2026 5:05 ScriptureIsaiah 30:15 (NRSVUE)For thus said the Lord God,the Holy One of Israel:In returning and rest you shall be saved;in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.PoemBrian Zahnd, Blessed Are the PatientA woman in the kitchen baking breadA farmer in the field sowing seedBoth know they must trust toTiny miracles of fermentation and germinationJesus says—This is how the kingdom of heaven come

A Chair at the Table Sep 10, 2026 5:05 ScriptureMark 2:15 (NRSVUE)And as he sat at dinner in Levi's house,many tax collectors and sinnerswere also sitting with Jesus and his disciples,for there were many who followed him.RefrainThere is a place at the table, and it is mine.QuoteHenri Nouwen, from Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons"To live in the world without belonging to the worldsummarizes the essence of the spiritual

Entertaining Angels Sep 9, 2026 5:05 ScriptureHebrews 13:2 (NRSVUE)Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers,for by doing thatsome have entertained angels without knowing it.RefrainI welcome everything that comes to me today.QuoteThe Welcoming PrayerMary Mrozowski"Welcome, welcome, welcome.I welcome everything that comes to me todaybecause I know it's for my healing.I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions,persons, situations

Under the Oaks Sep 8, 2026 5:05 ScriptureGenesis 18:1 (NRSVUE)The Lord appeared to Abrahamby the oaks of Mamre,as he sat at the entrance of his tentin the heat of the day.RefrainThe present of our life looks different under trees.QuoteWendell Berry, from A Timbered Choir"I go among trees and sit still.All my stirring becomes quietaround me like circles on water.My tasks lie in their placeswhere I left them, asleep like cattle."

Not Knowing Where He Was Going Sep 7, 2026 5:05 ScriptureHebrews 11:8 (NRSVUE)By faith Abraham obeyedwhen he was called to set outfor a place that he was to receive as an inheritance,and he set out, not knowing where he was going.RefrainI set out without knowing. Faith is what I carry.QuoteSøren Kierkegaard, from Fear and Tremblingtrans. L.M. Hollander"Through the urging of his faithAbraham left the land of his forefathersand became a stranger

Our Hearts Were Burning Sep 4, 2026 5:05 ScriptureLuke 24:30–32 (NIV)When he was at the table with them,he took bread, gave thanks, broke itand began to give it to them.Then their eyes were openedand they recognized him,and he disappeared from their sight.They asked each other,"Were not our hearts burning within uswhile he talked with us on the roadand opened the Scriptures to us?"RefrainMy heart burns as I walk with him.QuoteBrian Zahnd

There Is No Path Sep 3, 2026 5:05 Scripture2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)For we live by faith,not by sight.RefrainI make the path by walking it.QuoteAntonio Machado, trans. Betty Jean Craige"Wayfarer, only your footprintsare the path, and nothing more;wayfarer, there is no path,you make the path as you walk.As you walk you make the path,and as you turn to glance behindyou see the trail that you nevershall return to tread again.Wayfarer,

The Lethargy of Settled Certitude Sep 2, 2026 5:05 ScripturePhilippians 3:12–14 (NRSVUE)Not that I have already obtained thisor have already reached the goal,but I press on to make it my own,because Christ Jesus has made me his own.Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own,but this one thing I do:forgetting what lies behindand straining forward to what lies ahead,I press on toward the goalfor the prize of the heavenly call of Godin Chr

Not a Ticket But a Road Sep 1, 2026 5:05 ScriptureMatthew 7:13–14 (NRSVUE)"Enter through the narrow gate;for the gate is wide and the road is easythat leads to destruction,and there are many who take it.For the gate is narrow and the road is hardthat leads to life,and there are few who find it."RefrainTruth is a road, and I am walking it.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from The Last Train Out of Monkey Town"Truth is not a laminated cardyou carry in yo

We're On a Road Trip Aug 31, 2026 5:05 ScriptureActs 9:2 (NIV)...and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,whether men or women,he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.RefrainI belong to the Way. I am on the road.QuoteJack Kerouac, from On the Road"As we crossed the Colorado-Utah borderI saw God in the skyin the form of huge gold sunburning cloudsabove the desertt

The Greatest Wonder of All Aug 28, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 1:14 (NIV)The Word became fleshand made his dwelling among us.We have seen his glory,the glory of the one and only Son,who came from the Father,full of grace and truth.RefrainThe Word became flesh. This is the greatest wonder.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences"In that numinous moment I whispered a prayer:God, I want to spend the rest of my lifein a constant state of wonder.What

The Most Beautiful Thing Aug 27, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 Corinthians 15:51 (NIV)Listen, I tell you a mystery:We will not all sleep,but we will all be changed.RefrainMystery is where all knowing begins.QuoteAlbert Einstein"The most beautiful thing we can experienceis the mysterious.It is the source of all true art and science." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To Cease to Wonder Aug 26, 2026 5:06 ScriptureMatthew 18:3 (NIV)And he said:"Truly I tell you,unless you change and become like little children,you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."RefrainI am learning to see like a child again.QuoteGeorge MacDonald"To cease to wonder is to fall plumb-downfrom the childlike to the commonplace —the most undivine of all moods intellectual.Our nature can never be at homeamong things that are not

We Have Sinned and Grown Old Aug 25, 2026 5:06 ScriptureLamentations 5:15–16 (NIV)Joy is gone from our hearts;our dancing has turned to mourning.The crown has fallen from our head.Woe to us, for we have sinned!RefrainGod has never grown tired of making the world.QuoteG.K. Chesterton, from Orthodoxy"But perhaps God is strong enoughto exult in monotony.It is possible that God says every morning,'Do it again' to the sun;and every evening, 'Do it

Wonder Is the Waymarker Aug 24, 2026 5:06 ScripturePsalm 8:3–4 (NIV)When I consider your heavens,the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars,which you have set in place,what is mankind that you are mindful of them,human beings that you care for them?RefrainWonder is the arrow pointing me home.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences"In the pilgrimage of the soultoward the homeland where we've never been,wonder is one of our most relia

Put Back On The Right Road Aug 21, 2026 5:06 ScriptureRevelation 21:2–4 (NRSVUE)And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,coming down out of heaven from God,prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,"See, the home of God is among mortals.He will dwell with them;they will be his peoples,and God himself will be with them;he will wipe every tear from their eyes.Death will be no more;mourning an

Beings En Route Aug 20, 2026 5:06 ScripturePhilippians 3:20 (NIV)But our citizenship is in heaven.And we eagerly await a Savior from there,the Lord Jesus Christ.RefrainI am not yet myself. I am becoming.QuotePope Benedict XVI, from Introduction to Christianity"Human persons are beings en route,beings characterized by transition.They are not yet themselves;they must ultimately become themselves." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv

I Have Come Home At Last Aug 19, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 14:2–3 (NIV)My Father's house has many rooms;if that were not so,would I have told youthat I am going there to prepare a place for you?And if I go and prepare a place for you,I will come backand take you to be with methat you also may be where I am.RefrainI press on — further up and further in.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from The Last Battle"I have come home at last!This is my real country!I be

An Animal En Route Aug 18, 2026 5:06 ScriptureHebrews 11:13 (KJV)These all died in faith,not having received the promises,but having seen them afar off,and were persuaded of them,and embraced them,and confessed that they were strangersand pilgrims on the earth.RefrainI am an animal en route to another native land.QuoteGregory of Nazianzus, from an Easter Sermon"The great Architect of the universeconceived and produced a beingendowed

Latent With Unseen Existences Aug 17, 2026 5:06 Scripture2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,but on what is unseen,since what is seen is temporary,but what is unseen is eternal.RefrainI am latent with unseen existences.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences"Once we acknowledge the reality of a spiritual world,we can understand life as a pilgrimage of the soultoward our true telos —our true aim, our true goal, our tr

Love After Love Aug 14, 2026 5:06 ScriptureSong of Songs 2:4 (NIV)Let him lead me to the banquet hall,and let his banner over me be love.RefrainI welcome the stranger who is myself.QuoteDerek Walcott, from Love After Love"The time will comewhen, with elation,you will greet yourself arrivingat your own door, in your own mirror,and each will smile at the other's welcome,and say, sit here. Eat.You will love again the stranger who was

Reorder Aug 13, 2026 5:06 ScriptureRevelation 21:5 (NIV)He who was seated on the throne said,"I am making everything new!"Then he said,"Write this down,for these words are trustworthy and true."RefrainWhat was broken has become the ground of something new.QuoteFyodor Dostoevsky, from The Brothers Karamazov"Love all God's creation,the whole and every grain of sand in it.Love every leaf, every ray of God's light.Love the ani

Simply That You Are Aug 12, 2026 5:06 ScriptureExodus 3:14 (NIV)God said to Moses,"I am who I am.This is what you are to say to the Israelites:'I am has sent me to you.'"RefrainSimply that you are.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Anything is a sacramentif it serves as a shortcut to the Infinite,but it will always be hiddenin something that is very finite." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Crack Aug 11, 2026 5:06 ScriptureRomans 8:18 (NIV)I consider that our present sufferingsare not worth comparingwith the glory that will be revealed in us.RefrainThere is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from The Problem of Pain"We can ignore even pleasure.But pain insists upon being attended to.God whispers to us in our pleasures,speaks in our conscience,but shouts in our pains:it is h

Order Aug 10, 2026 5:06 ScriptureGenesis 1:31 (NIV)God saw all that he had made,and it was very good.And there was evening, and there was morning —the sixth day.RefrainI am held in a world that was made for me.QuoteThomas Traherne, from Centuries of Meditations"You never enjoy the world aright,till the Sea itself floweth in your veins,till you are clothed with the heavens,and crowned with the stars:and perceive yourself

Heaven Begins Now Aug 7, 2026 5:06 Scripture2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV)And we all, who with unveiled facescontemplate the Lord's glory,are being transformed into his imagewith ever-increasing glory,which comes from the Lord, who is Spirit.RefrainHeaven begins now, in being fully seen.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Any loving gaze that we can dare to receivecan start the Flow:creation itself, animals, humans —all are the

God's Eternal Contract Aug 6, 2026 5:06 ScripturePsalm 139:1–4 (NIV)You have searched me, Lord,and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise;you perceive my thoughts from afar.You discern my going out and my lying down;you are familiar with all my ways.Before a word is on my tongueyou, Lord, know it completely.RefrainGod receives me fully. I am redeemed in being seen.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"God is a mirror big

We Only Know Ourselves in Another's Eyes Aug 5, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 John 4:16 (NIV)And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.God is love.Whoever lives in love lives in God,and God in them.RefrainI am known in relationship and held in love.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"If that mirror is withdrawn for any reason,it causes sadness, emptiness, or even anger.We are normally disoriented,even heartbroken for a while.We die in some way.

Coming to Life Aug 4, 2026 5:06 ScriptureGenesis 1:27 (NIV)So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them.RefrainIn God's gaze, I come alive.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"When we learn to love anyone or anything,it is because they have somehow,if just for a moment,mirrored us truthfully yet compassionately to ourselves.And we grab on to it! Why wouldn't

A Mirror Simply Reveals Aug 3, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 Corinthians 13:12 (NIV)For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;we see only a part,but then we shall see face to face.Now I know in part;then I shall know fully,even as I am fully known.RefrainGod sees me clearly and loves what God sees.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"A mirror receives and reflects back what it sees.It does not judge, adjust, or write commentary.We a

A Train Ride Already in Motion Jul 31, 2026 5:06 ScriptureColossians 1:16–17 (NIV)For in him all things were created:things in heaven and on earth,visible and invisible,whether thrones or powersor rulers or authorities;all things have been created through him and for him.He is before all things,and in him all things hold together.RefrainI am a willing traveler in something larger than myself.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"That the

The Pattern That Connects Jul 30, 2026 5:06 ScriptureRomans 8:22 (NIV)We know that the whole creationhas been groaningas in the pains of childbirthright up to the present time.RefrainThe pattern of death and rising is everywhere.QuotePierre Teilhard de Chardin, from How I Believe"I believe the universe is an evolution;I believe evolution proceeds towards spirit;I believe spirit, in human beings,completes itself in the personal;I believe the

Dying Before You Die Jul 29, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 12:24 (NIV)"Very truly I tell you,unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,it remains only a single seed.But if it dies,it produces many seeds."RefrainIn letting go, I find what truly lives.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from Mere Christianity"The more we let God take us over,the more truly ourselves we become —because He made us. He invented us.He invented all the different peopletha

The Path of Getting There Jul 28, 2026 5:06 ScripturePhilippians 1:21 (NIV)For to me, to live is Christand to die is gain.RefrainJesus is the path. I choose to follow.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"If Christ represents the resurrected state,then Jesus represents the crucified/resurrecting pathof getting there.If Christ is the source and goal,then Jesus is the pathfrom that sourcetoward the goal of divine unitywith all things."

Descending Religion Jul 27, 2026 5:06 ScriptureMatthew 5:3 (NIV)"Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."RefrainThe way down is the way in.QuoteFrancis of Assisi, from The Peace Prayer"O divine Master,grant that I may not so much seekto be consoled as to console,to be understood as to understand,to be loved as to love.For it is in giving that we receive,it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,and it is in d

Authentic Christianity Jul 24, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJames 2:17 (NIV)In the same way,faith by itself,if it is not accompanied by action,is dead.RefrainMy faith is alive when it is lived.QuoteHoward Thurman, from Jesus and the Disinherited"The religion of Jesus says to the disinherited:'Love your enemy.Take the initiative in seeking ways by which you can have the experienceof a common sharing of mutual worth and value.It may be hazardous,but

The Day of My Awakening Jul 23, 2026 5:06 ScriptureColossians 1:17 (NIV)He is before all things,and in him all things hold together.RefrainI am awake to God in all things.QuoteMechtild of Magdeburg, from The Flowing Light of the Godhead"The day of my spiritual awakeningwas the day I saw —and knew I saw —all things in Godand God in all things." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

God Comes Disguised as Your Life Jul 22, 2026 5:06 ScriptureExodus 3:5 (NIV)"Do not come any closer," God said."Take off your sandals,for the place where you are standingis holy ground."RefrainGod comes to me disguised as my life.QuoteThich Nhat Hanh, from The Miracle of Mindfulness"Wash the dishes relaxingly,as though each bowl is an object of contemplation.Consider each bowl as sacred.Follow your breath to prevent your mind from straying.Do not

Love and Suffering as Teachers Jul 21, 2026 5:06 ScriptureRomans 5:3–5 (NIV)We also glory in our sufferings,because we know that suffering produces perseverance;perseverance, character;and character, hope.And hope does not put us to shame,because God's love has been poured out into our heartsthrough the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.RefrainLove and suffering are teaching me.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"In the practical or

How We See Jul 20, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV)The person without the Spiritdoes not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God,but considers them foolishness,and cannot understand thembecause they are discerned only through the Spirit.RefrainI am learning to see with new eyes.QuoteThomas Merton, from New Seeds of Contemplation"Contemplation is the highest expressionof man's intellectual and spiritual l

The Apostle to the Apostles Jul 17, 2026 5:07 ScriptureJohn 20:18 (NIV)Mary Magdalene went to the discipleswith the news:"I have seen the Lord!"And she told themthat he had said these things to her.RefrainAttention is the beginning of devotionQuoteMary Oliver, from Sometimes"Instructions for living a life:Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Love Journey Jul 16, 2026 5:07 ScriptureJohn 20:1–2 (NIV)Early on the first day of the week,while it was still dark,Mary Magdalene went to the tomband saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.So she came running to Simon Peterand the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,and said,"They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,and we don't know where they have put him!"RefrainLove is the path and love is the guide.QuoteDan

Do Not Cling Jul 15, 2026 5:07 John 20:17 (NIV)Jesus said,"Do not hold on to me,for I have not yet ascended to the Father.Go instead to my brothers and tell them,'I am ascending to my Father and your Father,to my God and your God.'"RefrainI release what was to receive what is.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Jesus of Nazareth, an individual man,has become Christ, the Corporate Personality.We used to know him primari

Soul Knowledge Jul 14, 2026 5:07 ScriptureJohn 20:29 (NIV)Then Jesus told him,"Because you have seen me, you have believed;blessed are those who have not seenand yet have believed."RefrainI know God from the inside out.QuoteThomas Merton, from Thoughts in Solitude"The only true joy on earthis to escape from the prison of our own false self,and enter by love into unionwith the Life who dwells and singswithin the essence of every c

She Heard Her Name Jul 13, 2026 5:07 ScriptureJohn 20:15–16 (NIV)He asked her,"Woman, why are you crying?Who is it you are looking for?"Thinking he was the gardener,she said,"Sir, if you have carried him away,tell me where you have put him,and I will get him."Jesus said to her, "Mary."She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,"Rabboni!" (which means "Teacher").RefrainLove speaks my name and I am found.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The

Good News for All the People Jul 10, 2026 5:06 ScriptureLuke 2:10 (NIV)But the angel said to them,"Do not be afraid.I bring you good newsthat will cause great joyfor all the people."RefrainThe Gospel is good news for all the people.QuoteJurgen Moltmann, from Theology of Hope"From first to last,and not merely in the epilogue,Christianity is eschatology, is hope,forward movingand therefore also revolutionising the present." Hosted on Acast. See

Never Separated Jul 9, 2026 5:06 ScriptureLuke 6:38 (NIV)"Give, and it will be given to you.A good measure,pressed down, shaken togetherand running over,will be poured into your lap.For with the measure you use,it will be measured to you."RefrainI cannot be separated from the pattern of love.QuoteGregory Palamas"God revealed the Christ in Jesusso that humanity could never be separatedfrom the pattern that he portrayed." Hosted on

Love Could Not Bear That Jul 8, 2026 5:06 ScriptureHabakkuk 3:17–18 (NIV)Though the fig tree does not budand there are no grapes on the vines,though the olive crop failsand the fields produce no food,though there are no sheep in the penand no cattle in the stalls,yet I will rejoice in the Lord,I will be joyful in God my Savior.RefrainLove could not bear that.QuoteSt. Silouan, from St. Silouan the Athoniteby Archimandrite Sophrony"A certai

If You Are Loved Into God Jul 7, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 John 4:18 (NIV)There is no fear in love.But perfect love drives out fear,because fear has to do with punishment.The one who fearsis not made perfect in love.RefrainI am drawn by love, not driven by fear.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"If you are frightened into God,it is never the true God that you meet.If you are loved into God,you meet a God worthy of both Jesus and Chris

Hell Took a Body and Discovered God Jul 6, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 Corinthians 15:55 (NIV)"Where, O death, is your victory?Where, O death, is your sting?"RefrainChrist descends to where I am and brings me up.QuoteJohn Chrysostom, from Paschal Homily"Let those who have fastedand those who have not fastedrejoice today.The table is fully laden; feast sumptuously.Let no one grieve poverty,for the universal Kingdom has been revealed.Let no one fear death,fo

Announcing Your Place Jul 3, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 Corinthians 15:51 (NIV)Listen, I tell you a mystery:We will not all sleep,but we will all be changed.RefrainI have a place in the family of things.QuoteMary Oliver, from Wild Geese"Meanwhile the world goes on...meanwhile the wild geese,high in the clean blue air,are heading home again.Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,the world offers itself to your imagination,calls to you like the

Ubiquitous Light Jul 2, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 12:36 (NIV)"Believe in the lightwhile you have the light,so that you may become children of light."RefrainChrist is the light in whom I live and move.QuoteAthanasius"God in Christ became the bearer of flesh for a time,so that humanity could becomethe bearer of Spirit forever." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Wedding Banquet Jul 1, 2026 5:06 ScriptureMatthew 22:10 (NIV)So the servants went out into the streetsand gathered all the people they could find,the bad as well as the good,and the wedding hall was filled with guests.RefrainThere is room for everyone at this table.QuoteMaximus the Confessor"God made all beings to this end,to enjoy the same union of humanity and divinitythat was united in Christ." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p

The Pattern of Change Jun 30, 2026 5:06 ScriptureRomans 4:17 (NIV)As it is written:"I have made you a father of many nations."He is our father in the sight of God,in whom he believed —the God who gives life to the deadand calls into existence the things that do not exist.RefrainI am always becoming, never ending.QuoteWalt Whitman, from Song of Myself"All goes onward and outward...and nothing collapses,and to die is different from what a

Nothing Truly Good Can Die Jun 29, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 Corinthians 15:13 (NIV)If there is no resurrection of the dead,then not even Christ has been raised.RefrainNothing truly good can die.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"'Resurrection' is another word for change,but particularly positive change —which we tend to see only in the long run.In the short run,it often just looks like death." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

Connected Not Correct Jun 26, 2026 5:06 ScriptureColossians 3:4 (NIV)When Christ, who is your life, appears,then you also will appear with him in glory.RefrainI am connected, and that is enough.QuoteHenri Nouwen, from Moving from Solitude to Community to Ministry"Community is not loneliness grabbing onto loneliness:'I'm so lonely, and you're so lonely.'It's solitude grabbing onto solitude:'I am the beloved; you are the beloved;together

All In One Lump Jun 25, 2026 5:06 Scripture1 Corinthians 15:28 (NIV)When he has done this,then the Son himself will be made subjectto him who put everything under him,so that God may be all in all.RefrainI am caught up in something larger than myself.QuoteThomas Merton, from No Man Is an Island"We do not exist for ourselves alone,and it is only when we are fully convinced of this factthat we begin to love ourselves properlyand thu

We Are All In This Together Jun 24, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 17:21 (NIV)"…that all of them may be one,Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.May they also be in usso that the world may believethat you have sent me."RefrainWe are all in this together.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal ChristWhen we carry our small suffering in solidarity with the one universal longing of all humanity, it helps keep us from self-pity or self-preoccupat

Carrying God's Suffering Jun 23, 2026 5:06 ScriptureColossians 1:24 (NIV)Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you,and I fill up in my fleshwhat is still lackingin regard to Christ's afflictions,for the sake of his body,which is the church.RefrainMy suffering is held within something larger.QuoteEtty Hillesum, from An Interrupted Life"Living and dying, sorrow and joy...it is all as one in me,and I accept it all as one mighty whole...I w

We Are One Body Jun 22, 2026 5:06 ScriptureEphesians 4:4, 7 (NIV)There is one body and one Spirit,just as you were calledto one hope when you were called.But to each one of usgrace has been givenas Christ apportioned it.RefrainI am because we are.QuoteDesmond Tutu, from Ubuntu: On the Nature of Human Community"A person is a person through other persons.None of us comes into the world fully formed.We would not know how to think, or

God Saves by Including Jun 19, 2026 5:06 ScriptureGalatians 6:15 (NIV)Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.RefrainGod saves by loving and including.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"God is the ultimate nonviolent one, so we dare not accept any theory of salvation that is based on violence, exclusion, social pressure, or moral coercion. When we do, these are legitimated as a pr

Carrying What God Carries Jun 18, 2026 5:06 ScripturePhilippians 3:10 (NIV)I want to know Christ — yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.RefrainI love God as much as I love the person I love the least.QuoteDorothy Day"I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Cruciform Shape of Reality Jun 17, 2026 5:06 ScriptureEphesians 3:8–10 (NIV)8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of Godshould be made

The Lamb Who Takes Away Jun 16, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 1:29 (NIV)The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"RefrainLove takes away what I cannot carry alone.QuoteFlannery O'Connor, from The Habit of Being"All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We Do Not Know What We Are Doing Jun 15, 2026 5:06 ScriptureLuke 23:34 (NIV)Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.RefrainLord, show me what I cannot yet see in myself.QuoteAleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from The Gulag Archipelago"Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between politica

It Is Not God Who Is Violent Jun 12, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 12:47 (NIV)"If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world."RefrainGod is not violent. God is love.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"It is not God who is violent. We are. It is not that God demands suffering of humans. We do. God does not need or want suffering — neither in

Life More Abundantly Jun 11, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 10:10 (NIV)"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."RefrainI am fully alive in the presence of God.QuoteIrenaeus of Lyon, from Against Heresies (4.20.7)"For the glory of God is a living human being; and the life of the human consists in beholding God." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information

Mercy Not Sacrifice Jun 10, 2026 5:06 ScriptureHosea 6:6 / Matthew 9:13 (NIV)"For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.""But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."RefrainGod wants mercy, not sacrifice.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Jesus did not come to change God's mind about us. It did not ne

Come As You Are Jun 9, 2026 5:06 ScriptureMatthew 11:28–30 (NIV)"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."RefrainI come as I am and find grace here.QuoteGeorge MacDonald, from Unspoken Sermons"The Son of God suffered unto death, not that m

God Was Never Angry Jun 8, 2026 5:06 ScriptureEphesians 1:9–10 (NIV)He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment — to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.RefrainI was loved before anything went wrong.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Jesus never punished anybody. Yes, he challen

She Is All of Us Jun 5, 2026 5:06 ScriptureActs 1:14 (NIV)They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.RefrainI receive what God offers and hand it on.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"If Christ and Jesus are the archetypes of what God is doing, Mary is the archetype of how to receive what God is doing and hand it on to others.Mary is the Great Y

Consent Jun 4, 2026 5:06 ScriptureRevelation 3:20 (NIV) "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."RefrainGod waits for my yes.QuoteDenise Levertov, from Annunciation"The engendering Spirit did not enter her without consent. God waited.She was free to accept or to refuse, choice is integral to humanness.She did not

Working Underground Jun 3, 2026 5:06 ScriptureJohn 19:25 (NIV)Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.RefrainI find power in presence and in stillness.QuoteEdwina Gateley, from Soul Sisters"Be silent. Be still. Alone. Empty before your God. Say nothing. Ask nothing. Be silent. Be still. Let your God look upon you. That is all. God knows. God understands. God loves you

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