A daily prayer for April 9, 2020.

Well, it's Maundy Thursday of what is most definitely the strangest Holy Week in my memory. Maundy Thursday is the day in which Christians recognize Jesus' last supper with his disciples before his betrayal and we commemorate Jesus' controversial act of washing the feet of his disciples.

Have you ever felt your hope fade after God behaved in a way you didn’t expect Him to? Or desperately needed Him to? Perhaps it is easier than first thought to place ourselves in the Good Friday crowd, after all.

How a defeated people saw beyond mere survival remains mysterious. Yet to travel among the alleys and canals of remarkable Venice, is to be aware of a miraculous transformation. Somehow in the aftermath of losing everything, refugees had faith…

A daily prayer for April 7, 2020.

I soaked up the opportunity to just sit and be. On a “normal” Sunday afternoon, I would probably be in the kitchen prepping meals for the week or taking a nap after Sunday morning activities or binging some TV series while sitting on the couch. But this day, this Sabbath, I just…paused.