Daily Dose (January 20 – 23)
TUESDAY JANUARY 20 -- Have you read Old Turtle and the Broken Truth, by Douglas Wood?The children’s book tells an imaginary story of how the world came to be so fragmented when it is meant to be whole, and how…
Daily Dose (January 13 – 16)
TUESDAY JANUARY 13 -- Mother Pollard was one of the elders of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, during the bus boycott of 1955-56. When her pastor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., suggested she go back to the buses…
Daily Dose (January 6 – 9)
TUESDAY JANUARY 6 -- A pious man heard God. “Tomorrow night I’m going to visit your home,” the voice told him.The man pushed aside his predictable hesitation, and rolled the dice in favor of belief. After all, it’s not often…
Daily Dose (Dec 30 – Jan 2)
TUESDAY DECEMBER 30 -- This week, our invitation is to embrace soft heartedness, and the gifts it offers—the gifts of compassion, and empathy, and healing.And we take to heart Kate Bowler’s affirmation, “But I think tender heartedness is the ability…
Daily Dose (December 23 – 26)
TUESDAY DECEMBER 23 -- "I now believe that the instruction (dogma) of my childhood—that led me into faith—is not what saved me," my friend tells me. "It was the kindness of my Sunday School teacher; it was when my parents…
Daily Dose (December 16 – 19)
TUESDAY DECEMBER 16 -- What does mercy look like?How can I choose to heal, instead of choosing to hurt?How can I spill grace to those around me, instead of disregard or neglect?How can I make room for transformation and growth,…
Daily Dose (December 9 – 12)
TUESDAY DECEMBER 9 -- Some days, I really need my buddies, Frog and Toad.This story is called Alone, from Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad are Friends. Pull up a chair, it’s Storytime.Toad went to Frog’s house. He found a note…
Daily Dose (December 2 – 5)
TUESDAY DECEMBER 2 -- “Do you have any idea who I am?” The man, a passenger, apoplectic with flushed cheeks, pounding the counter, shouting at the airline agent. Everyone in the departure lounge can hear, and is on edge. (Although,…
Daily Dose (November 25 – 28)
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25 -- A young seminary student (studying to become a Rabbi) found himself distraught, and sought the advice of his mentor."Rabbi," he said, "I try to pray and study. I give it my full attention. But I feel…
Daily Dose (November 18 – 21)
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 -- “Sanctuary is wherever I find safe space to regain my bearings,reclaim my soul,heal my wounds,and return to the world as a wounded healer.It’s not merely about finding shelter from the storm: it’s about spiritual survival. Today,…