JESSE IHDE

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Yearly Archive: 2017

Tuesday

9

May 2017

Bearing the Chalice

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by | May 9, 2017
Posted in General, Spiritual

There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light get’s in. -Leonard Cohen All the windows in the room of life feel broken. Difficult relationships. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Cancer. Unemployment. Wayward teenagers. Innocent children shot in our streets. A lifetime of dysfunction does not heal in a single night. A system of oppression does not end with a verdict. A new pair of blue jeans doesn’t mend a broken heart. New jobs don’t soften the sting of resignations and rejection. I’m wandering around the room looking for Light, begging Hope to show up. I can’t go back to the days when …

Monday

17

April 2017

The Day After The Resurrection

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by | April 17, 2017
Posted in General

Today is the day after the resurrection. I’m sitting outside on this perfect dewy morning thinking about the Easter celebration. We have family in town and it always feels so good to stand next to the people you love in worship and in claiming your Belief. A dear friend of mine visited our tiny church and her very presence, so quiet and sincere, ushers in a Holy Spirit feeling. Worship was raucous. The band missed a few words in the songs which I always love because no one in our tiny church cares and we are all singing loudly on …