A daily prayer for April 19, 2020.

Can you remember how it felt to first really and truly see that Christ is alive? Have you encountered him in a way in which your heart was sure that the stories were true about him? For many of us, these moments of revelation are few in our lives, but they still hold power.

The words of this hymn and its verses… have the power to shift our perspective (even for a moment) away from the dark, cold, and never-ending reality right in front of us, to the new and green spark of life that hints at change to come.

A daily prayer for April 18, 2020.

A daily prayer for April 17, 2020.

I reflected on the work of God in our life together, in my ministry and in the lives of the people I serve. My cries of “why are you so far away?” became proclamations of “I have hope and trust, and it’s going to be ok.”