Life Completely Lived

Suffering exists. God is love. Love precludes suffering.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 20, 2024Theme LIII, And You Shall Live, Incarnational Study, Lent, Lent IncarnateComment

In Three Dimensions

There is a lake on the high desert plateau of Oregon which flows from a spring into the bowl of a dead volcano.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 14, 2024Theme LIII, And You Shall Live, Incarnational Study, Lent, Lent IncarnateComment

Passed Along

Please come. Don’t forget to break the bread.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleFebruary 6, 2024Theme LII, Imagining Forward, AbundanceComment

Broken and Poured

As the woman approached the next group, she saw that they were less lovely.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJanuary 30, 2024Theme LII, Imagining More, AbundanceComment

Broken and Passed

“Hungry?” a voice at her hip asked. She looked down to see a small boy holding a small basket full of half loaves of bread and figs! Where had he gotten figs?

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJanuary 24, 2024Theme LII, Imagining More, AbundanceComment

Dare, You, to Hope

Just try it. Be sure to break the bread.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJanuary 16, 2024Imagining More, Theme LIIComment

Please Come

The light burned golden as the sun lit the horizon on fire.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJanuary 10, 2024Theme LII, Imagining More, AbundanceComment

True Communion

Dear God of the Hungry, Exhausted, and Broken, be present with us.

A Song of Expectation

God of Creation, we are tired, hopeless, and distracted.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleNovember 28, 2023Advent, Advent Incarnate, Into the Light and Dark, An Advent of Prayer, Theme LIComment

To Begin With

To love God and neighbor and to trust that that is enough.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleNovember 14, 2023Theme L, Trusting to Love, Evangelism, Contemplative StanceComment

The Rhythm Master

Who is the Rhythm Master

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleOctober 3, 2023Simple Incarnate, Simple Harmony, Ordinary Time, Quietness, Theme XLIXComment

Water-Born

Desperate as a pail dragging the bottom of a dry well

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 26, 2023Simple Incarnate, Simple Harmony, Ordinary Time, Quietness, Theme XLIXComment

Spirit Whispers Love

To honor the journey,

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 19, 2023Simple Incarnate, Simple Harmony, Ordinary Time, Quietness, Theme XLIXComment

Grace/Love/Joy

Gifts brought in secret…

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 11, 2023Simple Incarnate, Simple Harmony, Ordinary Time, Quietness, Theme XLIXComment

Come With-In

Dear Children,

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 6, 2023Simple Incarnate, Simple Harmony, Ordinary Time, Quietness, Theme XLIXComment

Before the Beginning

Before the beginning

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleAugust 30, 2023Simple Incarnate, Simple Harmony, Ordinary Time, Quietness, Theme XLIXComment

Gently Go

What Comes First?

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleAugust 23, 2023Simple Incarnate, Simple Harmony, Ordinary Time, Quietness, Theme XLIXComment

What Comes First?

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleAugust 16, 2023Simple Incarnate, Simple Harmony, Ordinary Time, Quietness, Theme XLIXComment

Containers

I suspect I will continue to learn lessons from my attempts to grow things. At least I hope I will. I think nature is a great teacher if we can stop and pay attention.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneJuly 26, 2023Lessons from the Garden, Theme XLVIII, gardenComment

Rosemary

When we originally put landscaping around the pool that we had saved up to build, the landscaper put in two rosemary bushes.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneJuly 19, 2023Lessons from the Garden, Theme XLVIII, gardenComment