In all our emotions, even the uncomfortable ones, we can know God’s presence with us. When we let God hold them, we can discover grace.

The world has a “scarcity” mindset: “There won’t be enough!” But God provides more than enough for us, not just to have what we want, but to serve others, for the sake of the world.

Mark tells a story about evil in the middle of a story about goodness, reminding us of our context, warning us of the world’s resistance to goodness, and alerting us to the evil within us.

Jesus bears the grace of God like a river of love and healing that flows freely for everybody– absolutely everyone. All we have to do is draw near, reach out, and receive.

To follow Jesus means to heal– both to offer healing and to be healed.

When we go through storms it sometimes seems God is asleep. But Christ is in our boat with us– asleep, yes: because he is at peace. Let his peace be yours.

A meditation on Jesus’ parable: God’s grace is a seed growing in you, you are a seed growing, God’s grace is a seed in the world….

The outer circumstances of our lives– even our bodies– pass away. But our inner nature is always being renewed. This is also true of the church. The forms change; what is essential is always made new.