BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family September 9, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade We have learned, O Lord, that there are periods when aloneness must be honored, for we can always sense the urgency of our souls to catch up with our frenetic pace. It is only in apartness […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family September 8, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Hope of the World, summer is behind us, yet you still send blossom-scented winds across the lawn. Riots rage in the darkness, but morning still gives way to the long yellow fingers of the sun. Destruction […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family September 7, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as laboring for the Lord, not for human masters. Colossians 3:23 O God Who Gives Us Purpose, multitudes need quiet rest from their work and are […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family September 3, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord … plans to give you hope and a future Jeremiah 29:11 Hope of the World, you have called to us through the eons to […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family September 2, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade And let us know be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal. 6:9 Abiding God, we praise you for your enduring guidance. You sent Jesus, our Teacher […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family September 1, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 If only, if only . . . Lord, we too often […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family August 31, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade God has said: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5b At times, O Holy One, we come to you in prayer in the wrong spirit. Forgive us. Now and then we seek […]
If you’re like me, it’s far too easy to get stuck in the weeds these days. And if I’m not careful, I forget to look around and celebrate the good things that are all around.
Wherever you are on the spectrum of joy and sorrow, I hope you’ll make room for your grief. Let’s name the hard things and then turn them over to the One who can carry it all.
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family August 27, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that […]
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