Brenda’s Blog – Occasional Devotions, Reflections, and Prayer Practices
You are invited to experience renewal, invigoration, and transformation in your spiritual life as Brenda guides you through scripture, stories, reflections, practices, and prayers in her occasional blog. Brenda began blogging in 2016 as a way of sharing her passion for spiritual formation through words and guided prayer. The full library of her blog posts are here, and you can sign up to receive the blog each week in your email.
Merry Christmas
Today, we pause and give thanks for you. For the many and various ways in which you have shared God’s presence with and through the ministries of Living Streams Flowing Water. Whether near or far, you are a great gift of God’s love. We look forward to sharing God’s...
The Crescendo of Christ: Light Shining Through the Darkness
It is my favorite night of the year. Christmas Eve for me is a luminous time of God’s Light shining through the darkness of humanity and all of creation. There are a couple of scenes from working as a pastor of various sized congregations over the years, which remain...
Blessed Fulfillment . . . Humble Gratitude
How have you experienced the wonder and blessed fulfillment of God’s promises? I frequently do a regular kind of Examen to notice the wonder and fulfillment of God's promises. Each time I swim, as I go up and down the lane, The Lord’s Prayer sounds in my mind and...
What Should We Do?
People who wait expectantly ask, “What should we do?” Since my children are married with families of their own, I have fallen into the habit of preparing for Christmas very early. By the end of November, the goal is for completion of decorating and purchasing the...
Heart’s Song
Welcome back to Brenda’s Blog. We have missed you. We have new things for you. There are now pictures to contemplate with each Blog post! There is still a prayer practice for each post so you can take intentional time and space to pray on our new site. And now you can...
For the Love of God
What will you do this day for the love of God? I imagine this phrase “For the love of God” may be heard in vastly different ways. How do you read this phrase? What is the invitation from God for you? I offer two possibilities for...