He was waiting for me in the baggage claim area. His name was Gabriel, and he was my designated greeter. I’d just landed in Chicago, there to present at a weekend event for pastors and churches seeking to find renewal and vitality in their life and ministry together. I’d meet them and hear their storiesContinue reading “Even If the Bag Does Not Inflate”
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God-Haunted
The band Over the Rhine uses a phrase in the liner notes for their album Ohio that has stuck with me for some time. Co-founder and husband of the spousal duo Linford Detweiler writes of being born in Hartville, Ohio, the small Mennonite town that neighbors my home, and meeting eventual wife and bandmate KarinContinue reading “God-Haunted”
A Prayer at the Beginning
based on Genesis 1:1-2:4a Faithful God……who filled the void with form……the shadow with light……the sky with sun, moon, and stars……the soil with plants……the water, land, and sky with creatures of all kinds……and humanity with breath… …fill us again with your Spirit as we tend to all you have made, including ourselves. Amen.
Jeffrey A. Nelson 