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,...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Mar 18, 2020 | Joining Together
What if these uncertain times could become the most sacred of times? What might that be like? Pandemic What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Mar 17, 2020 | Joining Together
As Covid-19 continues to spread, many of us are facing dilemmas we didn’t expect. Thoughts about economic challenges, childcare predicaments, health concerns and anxiety, travel complications and a pervasive helplessness (which only comes in unpredictable scenarios),...
