We have been recruited, through the resurrection, to go into the Father’s “business.” It is the forgiveness business.
Tag Archives: Walter Brueggemann
Lord, draw us toward you
“Draw us, Lord, toward you, toward your way of self-giving love. Draw us away from all that is not love — from the forces of greed, fear, anxiety, and brutality. In this Lenten experience of so being drawn toward you and away from the powers of the world, may we come to find that newContinue reading “Lord, draw us toward you”
Living Unafraid
Some thoughts from Walter Brueggemann’s Lenten devotional, A Way Other Than Our Own:
Moving from scarcity to abundance
A prayer for the day: We are constricted by stories of scarcity. Break through these false tales with the surprising truth of abundance. May we bask in your shalom and then perform your story of generosity over and over again. Amen. (Walter Brueggemann, A Way Other than Our Own)
The blessedness of being pursued by God
Psalm 23:6 (NIV): Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. The Common English Bible is the only one I’ve read that says, goodness and faithful love will pursue me… God will chase me down, grab me, andContinue reading “The blessedness of being pursued by God”
Push us, Lord, past our cramped definitions of compassion
Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. — Matt. 15:28
Prayer for the day
You have ordained a new order in which the first are last and the last are first. Turn us away from the false values of the world, that we may pursue your priorities, that which makes you happy: steadfast love, justice, and righteousness. Amen. (Walter Brueggemann, A Way Other Than Our Own)
The competing voices of Lent
As we enter this Lenten Season there is the call to the wilderness. It is the call to be with the Lord. It is the call to encounter him. In that call come these assuring words: “I will be with you. I will hear you. You will hear me.”
Being Prophetic Today — Kenyatta Gilbert and Walter Brueggemann
American Idolatry
I have wept reading this man’s work over the years. I wept listening to these gentle, yet powerful and cutting, words.
Apprentice 2 Jesus 