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Lifting my eyes to God our Father  I will lift up my eyes to the hills from which cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.  Psalm 121:1-2  I have always had a love affair with mountains. They make me feel as if I am closer to my father…

Reflection: The Garden of Gethsemane —  Digging our roots into God  And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want.  Matthew 26:39  The Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus fell on…

Reflection: The Wadi Qelt — Letting go of this world’s idols  Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, com-mand…

God’s gifts of faith, hope and love  And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.  1 Corinthians 13:13  When I was 10, the abbreviation “ALS” and the name “Lou Gehrig” were popular topics of conversation in my home. I didn’t know exactly what these terms meant, but…

Walking the Lenten road with Jesus  He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.  Micah 6:8 (NIV)  As we journey through this Lenten Season, we also journey through an election year. It…