Simple Diakonia

"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12 Reflection: All of us experience darkness. If you are there right now, you are ...

4 Mar 20211min

"Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil." (Is 1:16) Reflection I cannot function well when I do not take a shower. I am less patient, loving, and caring...

2 Mar 20211min

"Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful." (Luke 6:36-RSV) Reflection Many of us have been fasting unaware before Lent. We have been on the fasting from mercy. The waitress forgot our order; we ...

1 Mar 20211min

"And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them." Mark 9:2-3 Reflection Lent offers transfiguration. However, like other grac...

28 Feb 20211min

"For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?" (Matthew 5:46) Reflection Lent challenges us to disengage the auto-pilot of our spiritualit...

27 Feb 20211min

Out of the depths I call to you, Lord; Lord, hear my cry! (Psalm 130:1) Reflection: There is so much despair in our world, and its consequences are infecting us physically, emotionally, and mentally....

26 Feb 20211min

"A clean heart create for me, God; renew within me a steadfast spirit." (Psalm 51:12) Reflection: Before entering the desert, the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus. Therefore, during his Lent, Jesus...

25 Feb 20211min

“My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.” Psalm 51:19 Reflection: If nothing else, Lent is the realization that God is always there to forgi...

24 Feb 20211min