try

My youngest daughter loves to make clothes. So far, she mostly repurposes (cuts up) her socks into doll skirts and crop tops.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 25, 2025Theme LX, create, Grace, Lent IncarnateComment

dance

Sweat poured from every face, especially the one framed by thick braids. Her fingers scrubbed and tripped over the banjo as her eyes beguiled the audience.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 25, 2025Theme LX, create, Grace, Lent IncarnateComment

begin

I work for Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Last fall Hurricane Helene hit our area, including our hospital, destroying everything near rivers, creek, and lakes.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 11, 2025Theme LX, create, Grace, Lent IncarnateComment

nothing

Last week there was a brush fire 1.7 miles from my house.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 4, 2025Theme LX, create, Grace, Lent IncarnateComment

Making a Connection

Some things seems impossible. Like getting a golden retriever’s hair out of the carpet of a mini van or explaining why.

The Flow of Love

What is the connection between grace, love, pilgrimage, and a tire sitting at the top of a slide?

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 23, 2023Theme XLVII, Potential Grace, Pilgrimage, Grace, God is loveComment

The Potential of Grace

The playground on the south side of the church where my children’s violin teacher rents a studio features a corkscrew slide and brightly painted used tires arranged on one end as an obstacle course.

The Community of Grace

Through learning to love each other in communities, we live into our nature as the reflection of the image of God, fulfilling the desire of God, which draws us closer to God.

An Indefinition

God did not create humanity and then simply set it on its way to see what might happen.

Enough

Humanity was created to be encircled in God's love and to encircle others in that love.

What Do You Do with Charles Guiteau?

The concept of the Trinity is...complicated by how we choose to name the three persons of the Trinity.

Is it Possible?

Is it possible that the very act of being together opens a path for the Holy Spirit to connect with us?

The MWF's Response in Support of Black Lives

The Missional Wisdom Foundation is appalled by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Aubrey, and countless others who have lost their lives because of racism and white privilege.

Missional Wisdom FoundationJune 12, 2020Anti-Racism, Black Lives Matter, community, GraceComment

Rooted in Grace: Benediction

What is your favorite part of a worship service?
Is it the Call to Worship? Is it Prayers of the People? The Sermon? Or maybe the Children’s Message?
For me, it is the Benediction.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAdam WhiteNovember 6, 2018Rooted in Grace, Adam White, Theme XI, GraceComment