Christ Has No Body

Christ Has No Body

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...
Practicing Thankfulness during a Pandemic

Practicing Thankfulness during a Pandemic

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...

A New City on the Bluff

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...
ICYMI – ENGAGE 2021!

ICYMI – ENGAGE 2021!

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...
The dangerous prayer Christ calls us all to pray

The dangerous prayer Christ calls us all to pray

What is the most needed, yet the most dangerous, prayer you could ever pray? It is the one prayer that takes you beyond the small-picture hopes and dreams that kidnap so much of your prayer. … It requires us to surrender our distorted sense of need to his...