This reflection accompanies the ceramic piece Hungry, Hungry, Hungry, now displayed at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The artist offers these words as an invitation to pause, to witness, and to reflect on suffering, hope, and the call of faith. The creation of this piece, crafted during the summer months, was shaped by a season of intense reflection. I found myself overwhelmed by the relentless reports from Gaza—particularly the devastating images of children. From my position of safety and...

Our very being reflects the sacred.  The incarnation of God in human flesh is proof.     “Have you ever noticed that the expression ’the light of the world’ is used to describe the Christ (John 8:12) but that Jesus also applies the same phrase to us? (Matthew 5:14, ’you are the light of the world.’)”  (page 31, The Universal Christ )   I am beloved as a child of God, no matter what.   How do my life and actions reflect my identity as God’s child?

“Blessed are you in whom the light lives, in whom the brightness blazes---your heart a chapel, an altar where in the deepest night can be seen the fire that shines forth in you in unaccountable faith, in stubborn hope, in love that illuminates every broken thing it finds.” Jan Richardson in Circle of Grace   When I drop into the depths of the my heart and listen for God, what do I know in my bones as God’s calling over my life?