Tagged: Reconciled to God

Lent: This is My Body

Lent: This is My Body

by Amy Welborn For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” (1 Corinthians...

Lent: You Are in Me

Lent: You Are in Me

by Amy Welborn In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you. (John 14:19-20) In this online world, it’s possible...

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 3-31-17

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 3-31-17

Lent: An Open Spirit– by Amy Wellborn – Who knows what seeds were planted and what she took away. She put everything else aside, came inside and listened. All In: Why Belonging to the Catholic Church Matters – Nancy Ward’s review featured on CatholicMom.com – Pat Gohn writes, “I’m all in when it comes to the...

Lent: An Open Spirit

Lent: An Open Spirit

by Amy Welborn One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek: To dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, To gaze on the Lord’s beauty, to visit his temple. (Psalm 27:4) I was sitting in a church one weekday and saw a woman come in and sit down. She...

Lent: Teach Your Children

Lent: Teach Your Children

by Amy Welborn Take care and be earnestly on your guard not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live, but teach them to your children and to your children’s children… (Deuteronomy 4:9) This is something we tend to fret about,...

Lent: Your Ways

Lent: Your Ways

by Amy Welborn Happy those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked, Nor go the way of sinners, or sit in company with scoffers. Rather, the law of the Lord is their joy; God’s law they study day and night. (Psalm 1:1 -2) I always appreciate the opportunity to hear priests from other...

Lent: Image of God

Lent: Image of God

by Amy Wellborn If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. (Matthew 7:11)   Who knows the sources of our images of God? Perhaps they come from parents, our experiences of authority, our...