Tags: resurrection

• I praise you for this resurrection madness

  by Ted Loder “Lord of such amazing surprises as put a catch in my breath and wings on my heart, I praise you for this joy, too great for words, but not for tears and songs and sharing; for this mercy that blots out my betrayals and bids me begin again to limp on, to hop-skip-and-jump on, to mend what is broken in and around me, and to forgive the breakers; for this YES to life and laughter, to love [...]

• In the moment,….at Easter

  Easter is (often) so bright and upbeat. Nobody would argue Easter Sunday is a day of celebration. We celebrate that Jesus conquered death so we can have life. It doesn’t get any better than Easter Sunday. Day three. But we don’t hear a lot about day one and two? After the crucifixion on day one and leading into day two it almost seems as if nothing is happening. It’s a period of questioning, doubting, wondering, and definitely waiting. It’s a [...]

• Eugene Peterson on church

  “Church is the textured context in which we grow up in Christ to maturity.” Genius!! What a compelling (and complicated) invitation!! “So, why church? The short answer is because the Holy Spirit formed it to be a colony of heaven in the country of death” (p11-12). The church, Peterson says, is those people who practice the resurrection of Christ in the country of death. Sure, he admits, the church isn’t all it seems it should be but he makes this [...]

• Lent begins….

  Here’s the words and wisdom of Henri Nouwen in a prayer:- “The Lenten season begins. It is a time to be with you, Lord, in a special way, a time to pray, to fast, and thus to follow you on your way to Jerusalem, to Golgotha, and to the final victory over death. I am still so divided. I truly want to follow you, but I also want to follow my own desires and lend an ear to the voices [...]

• ashes and examination

  We can so downplay certain days in the calender….. we pass them by, we believe that we’re too liberated to be bound or connected and yet in them is meaning, richness and purpose…. One of things I love about NOT giving up things this Lent is using the forty-ish days till Easter as a journey. A time of increased personal examination. During this Lenten Season, I’m asking myself…… 1. Where is there forgiveness and grace needed? (like extra dollups!!) 2. [...]

• pilot & power

  Easter was the pilot project. What God did for Jesus that explosive morning is what He intends to do for the whole creation. We who live in the interval between Jesus’s Resurrection and the final rescue and transformation of the whole world are called to be new-creation people here and now. That is the hidden meaning of the greatest festival Christians have. Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham : The Times 11.iv.2009

• yes, I praise you….

  I Praise You for this Resurrection Madness by Ted Loder: Guerrillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle. Lord of such amazing surprises as put a catch in my breath and wings on my heart, I praise you for this joy, too great for words, but not for tears and songs and sharing; for this mercy that blots out my betrayals and bids me begin again, to limp on, to hop-skip-and-jump on, to mend what is broken in and around me, [...]

• Easter Day

  My prayer is that you know the resurrection power and Holy Spirit joy of this day…… Colossians 3:1-2 ‘So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it!! Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Jesus Christ: For that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.’ [...]

• resurrection

  Dark fades into light, Screaming filling the, Night of falling, Crying, Dying, Inside, Take it away, And breath, Breath your soul into me, Resurrection Bleed your life into these veins, Resurrection Release this cage and witness my, Resurrection Screams fade into tears, Broken lives shrouded in, Light blinding, Dreams, Reality, Merging, Take it away, And breath Breath your soul into me, Resurrection Bleed your life into these veins, Resurrection Release this cage and witness my, Resurrection Confusion covers, Your eyes, [...]

• lent 16

  Scratching the surface by Ian Adams this season drives me hard into my disturbing desert and keeps me here confronting stones, pinnacles and wild possibilities face in the dust with only the hope of a third day