Written by Heather Aardema I live in a sea of 1950’s ranch brick homes with tall aging trees. Colorado sunshine can be relentless in the summertime and these trees bring welcome relief from the heat. … A few months ago we had high winds sweep through our...
There’s a reason He called us His Body and not His Estate.” That’s what Tib Pearson told me. Tib with his Red Wing work boots and worn John Deere hat and hands weathered and etched like a greying cedar rail. “A Body is connected with sinew and vein — and...
Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) Christ Has No Body Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he...
Biblical Gratitude There are two biblical kinds of gratitude. One way to be thankful in the midst of a hardship is to be thankful that it isn’t worse. This kind of thankfulness isn’t the best, deepest, richest kind of thankfulness, but it is legitimate...
The current Covid-19 pandemic has assaulted our city not unlike the devastating Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878. The epidemic of 1878 was the fifth of six epidemics beginning in 1828, but by far the worst. In January 143 years ago, Yellow Fever had amassed 17,000 cases...
In Case You Missed It: ENGAGE 2021! God is doing something in our midst, and it feels very powerful to me! God continues to guide us through the COVID pandemic, and I know that God is teaching us many lessons. I also believe that the Holy Spirit is moving us, not only...
