The poet Mary Oliver asks in one of her works, “what are you going to do with your one wild, precious life?” The Apostle Paul is trying to spread the…
Every little thing we do with compassion is a small seed that can sprout into good things beyond our imagining. Like “paying it forward” or “random acts of kindness,” we…
Tending a new creation may involve the creation or expansion of our concepts of “family.” Jesus confirms that kinship in God’s Realm can go beyond bloodlines. We can re-create family…
As we begin the summer, we will look to what Jesus taught about keeping the Sabbath. In order to tend a new creation within us, we focus less on rules,…
Ezekiel has a vision of a valley full of bones receiving life, breath, sinew and flesh after encountering the word of God. When they arise, they receive Spirit and they…