Peacecast

In view of God's mercy...

Isolation was never God's plan.

"But, each time I give myself over to rest, I find it a mode of resistance for the myth I can and should do it all."Michaela O'Donnell Long

Quietness and confident trust forever? How do we get in on that?

"Who's name are you going out to bring fame to?" - Decoupling the toxic link between reputation and peace

"If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most or else just silly."

Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God.

When you were sent to Temple school as a child, learning the Torah or the Prophets was boring. You were more interested in fishing. But on those rare occasions where the scrolls mentioned fish or fishing, you were all ears.So you had probably paid attention when your heard the creation poem say:And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures … .” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds … . And God saw that it was good.

When I run up hills I don’t ask despairingly, Why is there so much resistance? Why is this hill so steep? I’ve chosen to go up this hill exactly because it creates resistance which forces my body to work hard which will result in strength and fitness and health. What might God be growing in me through the challenges I'm facing today?

Creation is seasonal. Our lives too. We are in a season now. A season of lock-down. A season of enforced inactivity. How will we respond to this season? Will we despise it? Rage against it? Hunker down and wait it out?Or can we welcome it? Let it do its work in us?