The cavernous airport terminal throbbed with life in the fast lane. Monotonous voices droned from every speaker, and frigid air washed in and out of automatic doors in shivery waves. Caterpillar lines formed at each gate, and cell phones popped…
HERE. He is here. The God of the Universe: All-Wise, All-powerfull, saturated through and through with goodness and love, star-namer, man molder, light flinger, … Healer, Redeemer, Life Breather, Dead Raiser, Wave Calmer, is HERE. The question…
Resurrection is a gift. Pure gift. God kneading Kingdom and spreading into us Life. “If the Spirit of Him who rose Christ from the dead is living in you, then the Spirit of Him who rose Christ from the dead…
I missed Holy Week. I missed the whole darn thing. Except the part where my feet are washed clean. I missed clinging to the cross and the Resurrection glory. Pink dogwood dancing in the breeze against a deep blue sky: my…
Today, God hung slack on a tree, Bleeding red love Hungry Shamed Alone. Today, Compassion cried bloody tears On the mob that killed it And asked forgiveness For the hand and the hammer And cried, “Father!” to stopped-up ears.…
It is Holy Week and Christ holds out His hand drawing us close to walk with Him. Debby Topliff, an artist along the Western Michigan coast, delves into Scripture holding a paintbrush and invites us to see this Story fresh. This is a…
Every Weekend at a Thirst for God we will be encouraging you, our fellow pilgrims, to develop a practice of intentional Sabbath. Both of us have learned rest and renewal doesn’t just happen, it is prayed for, invited, and planned for. …
An Eastern Starling flew down our chimney sometime in the night and started fluttering around our firebox, enclosed by the brick in the back and a glass front . She kept fluttering around, getting herself stuck around bricks and trying to…
You’ve decided to greet the dawn. It’s very early, and no one is around. Just you and God. And He is such very good company… You rose early on purpose, knowing that by starting slowly and quietly you could move…