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Here we are, my husband and I, laughing out loud as we read our devotional for today. God is something else, this early in the morning and we read about the need to give up comparing one with the other. And instead begin to praise God for giving us skills, talents and abilities to doSigue leyendo «Are you ready to shut up and listen? – Estas list@ para callarte y escuchar?»

Book: Grounded by Diana Butler Bass Study Guide: from First Churches UCC/ABC in Northampton, MA 1. “Ancient biblical tradition suggests that waters—wells, springs, oases—are also places of renewal, hospitality, and spiritual vision, where human beings see God and God’s blessing” (p. 73). What is your favorite water story from a sacred text? What role doesSigue leyendo «SENTAD@S A LA MESA (Seated at the Table): WATER (agua)»

2/14 and 2/15/16 God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. There is no room in love for fear. If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he isSigue leyendo «COVENANT for Promise Keepers – PACTO para Mantenedores de Promesas»

DATE: 14 February 2016 TO: Manantial de Gracia YEAR: Are you ready? For God has Made a New Thing… TITLE: Are you grounded? DIRT…! (Estas connectad@? TIERRA…!) PRAYER Like an endless falling, Prayer in class/January 8, 1998 Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth Prayers of Walter Brueggemann “Things fall apart, the center cannot hold.” WeSigue leyendo «Lent Week 1: Are you grounded? …DIRT!»

May our home and yours be always embrace in God’s LOVE. Pastora Maritza and David

“Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.” John W. Gardner We have spent some time listening, reflecting and meditating about the life of the prophet Elijah. Some depicted him as a victim of Jezabel, hiding after a great victory. ISigue leyendo «Victim or Survivor? Either way, BE ENCOURAGED! – Víctima o sobreviviente? De cualquier manera, ANIMATE!»

If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others thanSigue leyendo «ME FIRST – PRIMERO YO»

Book: Grounded by Diana Butler BassStudy Guide: from First Churches UCC/ABC in Northampton, MA On Ash Wednesday we share these words: » You are dust and to dust you shall return» (Genesis 3:19). Are you comfortable with that connection between you, God, and dirt? Have you considered your personal connection to creation, to the soil,Sigue leyendo «Sentados en la Mesa (Seated at the Table): DIRT!»

I am reading my devotional for the Lenten Journey and already enjoying my decision to drink more water and less soda. It is a great sacrifice for me, but after reading and praying for our communities in Flint needing water, what else can I do but enjoy, savor and drink water. Last evening I joinedSigue leyendo «Are listening! – Estamos escuchando!»

We are more than blessed! The Rev. Dr. Damaris Whitakker, Senior Pastor at Center Church in Hartford has invited us to their Ash Wednesday Service tomorrow 2/10/16 at 6PM. If you are in downtown Hartford during lunch hour, Manantial de Gracia «Spring of Grace» of West Hartford will be outside the front doors of CenterSigue leyendo «Ash Wednesday – Miercoles de Ceniza»