To know God is about more than just reading the Bible from cover to cover. It is to recognize God moving in your life. A deepening relationship with God will move us to a deeper relationship with those around us. We are called to stand up, the injustice can’t be allowed to stand, it will not hold water.

Jesus calls us to see those who aren’t seen by community. What child of God have we not responded to today? How can we welcome them and, in the process, make ourselves whole?

Life may seem to get away from us, but God offers opportunity to see and do something different, the Divine ambush.

God has provided us with what we need. Rather than looking for more stuff, we should fill our lives with God, not self.

Remember ourselves as part of the body of Christ. We are the hands, feet and tongues of God on Earth.

As we wait to arrive, as we wait for troubles to pass, remember, we are in God’s presence. We have arrived.

Why is there so much hate in the world? God doesn’t leave us on our own. God is with us to help us learn to love ourselves and those around us. Even those that are different from us or those we disagree with. Every one of us has a gift the world needs.

The cross is a symbol of power and a tool of persecution. Different perspectives. Life can be exhausting.