The Overflow Project by Brian Wolters

This morning’s post comes from Brian “Wolt” Wolters. Wolt is the executive director of the Overflow Project . The issue of access to fresh water is one that I am particularly concerned about and I think that The Overflow Project is a very creative response to this issue. I remember a report in my church’s bulletin [...]

Good Seed Sunday – Celebrate with A Rocha

Today’s post comes from the A Rocha website. We are hoping to partner with them in the future in the conservation of the land where the Mustard Seed Villagewill be built on Camano Island. Beginning in 1983 with an initial project in the Algarve region of Portugal, A Rocha has been helping to change the face [...]

Prayers for the Journey

It is quite a while since I have posted my regular update for daily facebook prayers so I hope that you will forgive me. However the end of the first week of Easter seems a good time to do this. These prayers were posted during Holy week as well as this week. Enjoy! Lord Jesus [...]

Why Do I Believe in the Resurrection?

Yesterday I received an email from a friend who told me they were not sure that they believed in the physical resurrection of Jesus. I was surprised because this person has a strong Christian faith. And I know that if I scratched the surface of many of my friends I would find the same doubts [...]

April Synchroblog – What If Jesus Did Not Rise

For the April 2012 Synchroblog, we are exploring the question,“What if the resurrection is a lie?” Make no mistake, we are not challenging the historical fact of the bodily resurrection of Jesus. We firmly believe in the historical reality of the death, burial, and bodily resurrection of Jesus. But we also know that soon after [...]

If the resurrection did not happen, how would the world be different?

This post is my contribution to the April synchroblog The Resurrection Hoax. If the resurrection did not happen, how would the world be different? How would I be different? Would it matter? I have spent a lot of time over the last few days thinking about these questions. In some ways it is hard for [...]

Resurrection Has Come – Are We Really Ready for It?

Some of you may have noticed that I have not been posting much in the last few days. I have been laid low with one of the worst cases of flu I have had for a long time. Definitely ready for a season of resurrection. The fact that Seattle’s weather has been bursting with warmth [...]

God loves you this much by Dave Perry

I was profoundly impacted as I read this post by Dave Perry over at Visual theology this morning. As Good Friday approaches I wonder whether I have the courage to write my name into the blank space above, knowing that if I do God will want to gift resurrection life to me where I need [...]

Red Remains – A Prayer for Holy Week From Sally Morgenthaler

This morning I am posting a poem by Sally Morgenthaler. Sally says “I used to use speak with words. Now I use images. Photographing the everyday beautiful for the everyday soul. Patterns, sub-worlds, blur, and fleeting light. Life as a divine, sensual experience.” However as you can see she is still pretty good with words [...]

U2′s Easter Anthem Window in the Skies – post by Lee Wyatt

This morning’s post comes from Lee Wyatt. It was first posted on her blog Marginal Christianity  —— U2 gave us our Lenten anthem this year with their song “Walk On.” It seems appropriate to let them lead us into Easter as well. Their beautiful song “Window in the Skies” is a Resurrection ballad that extols [...]