by Jeanni Shepherd | Mar 24, 2020 | Joining Together
“One day in one of the villages there was a man covered with leprosy.” (From Luke 5:12-16) Leprosy. The living dead. His life was most likely away from town in a special place reserved for those unfortunate ones slowly wasting away from leprosy. He would have been...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Mar 23, 2020 | Joining Together
As the world locks down to mitigate and suppress the coronavirus, something in me grows very still. For a while I didn’t know why. But today I think I do. It’s not anxiety about what happens next. It’s not the lack of motivation I feel as isolation grows. It’s not...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Mar 22, 2020 | Joining Together
The phases of Covid-19 are different than something like a flood. Whereas a flood, hurricane or tornado hits hard and fast – it usually hits then it’s over. Depending on where you are in the world, this virus could be ramping up or has peaked or is slowly starting to...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Mar 21, 2020 | Joining Together
Prayer for a Tired Branch Jesus I am one worn-out Tired branch And I need the newness Of the vine of you To start the hope-life Running through The streams of me again. Lord, be my vine And I’ll be your branch But free me please From this withered Cut-off...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Mar 20, 2020 | Joining Together
So many emotions flash through us as the news unfolds. Those emotions and our response to them can sort of be pictured like we’re trying to balance upright on a playground seesaw! Shifting our weight, bending our knees, holding out our arms for balance, we concentrate...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Mar 19, 2020 | Joining Together
For many of us, there is now “white space” in our calendars that wasn’t there before. I wonder what gifts God may have for each of us in that space? Let’s not be in a hurry to fill it or a panic to worry over it. Gifts of rest, thinking time,...
