Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   One of the things I’ve learned over the years is to pay attention when a word or image or theme comes up across multiple conversations or in different spheres of my life, often in what…

Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.           Last Thursday was the Feast of the Ascension – the day when we remember the last time the resurrected Jesus gathered with his friends before being lifted up to heaven before their very eyes. Next Sunday…

  Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.     A certain woman named Lydia. We don’t know much about this woman.  She was a worshiper of God – that is a Gentile who was studying Judaism, but not yet a convert.  She was…