Reflections (Page 9)

What skills and values are needed for us to live in our emerging world and where do we go to learn what is needed?

Far from being super-human, those we recognize as saints were people who worked hard to be Christ-like in their everyday lives.

Just as Jacob wrestles with God and receives a new identity, we too enter liminal spaces in our lives that change and transform us.

Indigenous People's Day is an invitation for settler disciples to re-examine their faith and work to decolonize what we have inherited.

The life and witness of Vincent de Paul invites us to re-examine our relationship to the poor and marginalized.

The gospels invite us into a counter cultultural life that rejects the status quo in favor of equity, justice and inclusion.

We can return home to ourselves and God by turning our attention to our breath, bodies and commitments.

by Mark Bennett, Director, Grace of God Recovery House God, I thank you for your unconditional love. I thank you for reaching so many people, and bringing them together to reach me. For the longest time, my desire was to be alone — I did not need, better yet want, anybody. When you put together the team of Grace of God Recovery House and a program of recovery, I met the hope and the spirit of your love. Not the…

by Mark Harnischfeger, Grace of God Recovery House staff Like a lamb in the wilderness, I have often strayed and wandered far from your word. Yet each time I returned to the fold, the gate was always open, the door was always unlocked. I humble myself before you, God, grateful that you have never forgotten nor abandoned me, always welcoming my returning with forgiveness, mercy, and grace. May my words and my actions today be pleasing to you and reflect…

by Anthony Keefer Robertson, Resident Dear God, I ask that you continue to watch over me when times get tough and grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.  I pray that you keep me out of self and instead live by your will and continue to do the next right thing.  Dear God, please watch over my family and keep them in good health and show them that my disease of addiction can be beaten so…

by Billy Slater, Grace of God Recovery House resident For me, the Lord has been so good to me throughout my journey on both sides of the track. I can’t place into words the gratitude I feel. I know in my heart it’s my mission to touch as many people as humanly possible and let them know what God has done for me. I pray diligently to the Lord to bless those who suffer on all levels of life. I…

by Dan Walsh, Grace of God Recovery House resident God our father, please help guide our eyes in your direction. Many have asked exactly where it is that our help comes from. Our answer to that question is and should be from you, God, who made all things possible. You alone hold the power and resilience to break these chains of addiction as well to break down the bars of imprisonment.  God, release those who suffer from the bondage of…