Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 3

It doesn’t matter to Philip or God that they’re the “wrong” people. Philip goes anyway.

Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 2

You never know how the Holy Spirit is going to shake things up.

Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 1

"Prayfaithfully" is the prayer ministry website of the Northern Great Lakes Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I wrote the Daily Devotions for this week. Sunday, May 7, 2017 Text: John 20:11-18 “But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw … Continue reading Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 1

We Had Hoped

It wasn’t a long walk, even by today’s standards. And yet to the disciples, it was a walk that would have no end.

Fury and Control

We thought that if we were in control, we could make the world a better place, a place that better reflected our wants and values. Instead, we’re no better off than we were before, and we’re probably worse. I see what we’ve done to our world in our attempt to control it, and it infuriates me.