BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family February 4, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Waiting One, we come humbly before you as the shadows grow deeper, for we have struggled today and confess our thoughts and deeds have been less than our best; and here in the quiet hours, we feel […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family February 3, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O Calm Beyond the Sunset, you have designed this shimmering day and extended it to us freely through your grace. And now the evening wind picks up and breathtaking shadows lengthen across the fields; this is another […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family February 2, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Gift-Giving God, you are pouring your quiet darkness over another full and often-disordered day, telling us it is time to slow our pace and put away the tools of our trade. Empty our hands and hearts that […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family February 1, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord. (Ps 27:14) O Great Silence, you live beyond the realm of words, in that space we rarely […]
When Pat Bellingrath and Celia Ferguson met in conversation about the conviction they felt surrounding the treatment of Black community members in 2016, they never imagined their dream to do justice work across their church conference would come true. Now, the pair, along with 20 other program planners, will host a four-week Sacred Conversations on […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 28, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Ah, Lord, you have brought us safely once again to the edge of twilight, where we must confess we are an absent-minded people. Even today we failed to notice your song delivered by the bird on the […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 27, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Each of you should use whatever gifts you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. I Peter 4:10 Even before our eyes opened this frosty morning, your blessings […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 26, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade . . . Beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 25, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Abide with me, fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens, Lord with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, help of the helpless, oh abide with me. God, Our Refuge and Strength, as we […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 21, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O God of the Sun and the Shade, the darkness works its way through the crooked tree limbs all around, leaving us with only luminous outlines of the blessed light that has covered us this day. But […]
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