by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | May 5, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
by LaTanya Simpson, ISP Chicago reflecting along with the song, “Never Would Have Made It” by Marvin Sapp God is still speaking? Sure. But it’s also important for me to remember and testify: God was always speaking! Like a lot of people, I would say that I am a very...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | May 5, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
by Jerome Thomas, ISP Washington, DC I remember where I came from. I’m from the street, but God saw a better thing for me. I was a felon living in a halfway house, when I walked into Emmanuel Baptist Church, where I saw a banner that said, “Come Grow with Us.” I’m...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Apr 28, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
deepening reflection with Luke 24:13-35 During this Easter reflection series, we have already encountered the powerful scripture of the disciples’ encounter with the resurrected Jesus on the road to Emmaus. And we had a wonderful reflection on that scripture from Fr....
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Apr 28, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
by Allison Loecke, ISP Regional Director Midwest reflecting with John 15:9-11 I was living and working as the director at Nazareth Farm in the spring of 2009 when a fairly large and lightweight box arrived for me. The package was from Billy, one of my former students...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Apr 28, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
reflecting with the readings for Monday, April 29 and Tuesday, April 30 “What Would Jesus Do?” We have seen the wristbands, banners, and bumper stickers. “W.W.J.D?” has become a fairly common shorthand reminde or an instant reflection on our daily actions and our...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Apr 28, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
by Claire DesHotels, ISP Regional Director Upper-Midwest reflecting with “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front”, a poem by Wendell Berry In his poem “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front,” Wendell Berry ends his poem with a simple line: “practice...
