Broken hearts don’t get fixed. They become the soil for a new heart to grow. Download the full episode The post A Meditation for the Brokenhearted appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
Like a grain of wheat falls into a compost pile, Jesus falls into the earth. The damp and still and timeless earth. The quiet earth, accept for the faint percussion of the blind critters who tiptoe over the beads of transforming matter. Download the full episode The post I Love Compost appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
God is inclining us as new covenant keepers to look for these holy moments all around us. Download the full episode The post Holy Moments appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
The night is over and it is time to meet the day. It is time to know the deep rhythms of our soul’s distinct time, to tune into the tempos and patterns of our own communities, to pay attention to the timbre of our political moment, and to arise and respond with faith and courage.... The post Wake Up appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
So what will we pray today? Will we pray with our hands, our feet, our breathing? Will we pray with our most colorful language or in the silence of this train ride? Download the full episode The post God Hears You appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
The one I follow, Jesus, Immanuel, is marked as a radical lover of the lowly, marked as a revolutionary threat to power and ultimately, because of these things, marked like a tree for cutting down with that crude orange plastic ribbon./blockquote> Download the full episode The post Marked appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
What would it mean for us to shut out all the words, even for just, say, fifteen minutes a day this Lent? To listen only to the heavens? To immerse ourselves in silence? To tune our ears to the still small voice inside each one of us? Download the full episode The post The Heavens Are Telling appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
It is here, in the healing of our souls, that we must begin. For in order to heal the brokenness of our world, we must first tend to the brokenness in our own lives. Download the full episode The post A Season of Slow appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
Perhaps all of our talk about prayer and sacrifice and following Jesus is nothing more theological than a simple call to change. Download the full episode The post For a Change appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
We saw this in Selma with Martin. We saw this in Montgomery with Rosa. We saw it in Pakistan with Malala. We saw it in Soweto with Desmond. We saw it in Tieneman Square with Wang Weilin. We saw it in Calcutta with Gandhi. We saw it in Berlin with Dietrich. We saw it in... The post The Cost of Discipleship appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
The God in whom Abraham trusted is a God who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things which do not exist. Download the full episode The post Wakanda Forever appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
Your work for social justice is important and you belong in the greater movement for social change. Download the full episode The post Belonging Together appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
Your work for social justice is important and you belong in the greater movement for social change. Download the full episode The post So Beautiful, So Hard appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
In the midst of this utterly normal, nothing out of the ordinary day, Abraham, God is telling a new story. And it begins with you and Sarah. And the people who come after you, the people who claim you as their father either through blood or through belief, they will share in your blessing. They... The post Making a Promise appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
I see you. I know you hurt. I have known your pain. I see you. And in that seeing, just a little bit of light breaks through the darkness. Download the full episode The post I See You appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
The juxtaposition between Lent, a time of renewal for my commitment to God, and a red roadster launched by a business man into eternity — this is disorienting. Download the full episode The post Rockets and Red Convertibles appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
It is not enough to stay quiet and comfortable while the world around you goes to hell. You must leave the confines of heaven and place your feet in the flames, to stand with the oppressed and silence your voice to make room for theirs. Download the full episode The post In Those Days appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
God is utterly in control. Jesus taught that all is forgiven for those who love him and grace will be sufficient to heal each wound. My task is to sit with that. Admittedly, I sit with it uncomfortably. The post Just Us appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
When love hurts us so much we are sure that our shattered hearts will never mend, will we love anyway? When doing what is right and just isn’t what is easy or popular or expedient, will we do right anyway? When living the good news can lead to a cross, will we live it anyway?... The post Cold and Broken appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.
Together we are in a movement to be the beloved community with others. We put our trust in God and God helps us to be bold in making connections with others. Download the full episode The post Struggling with Trust appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.