Treasure Valley Prays
Reimagining Church Together
SHARING STORIES AND EXPLORING SPIRITUAL CONNECTION
We are ELCA leaders and pastors from the Treasure Valley
and Northwest Intermountain Synod.
Devotions – Monday and Friday
Outreach Ministry – Wednesday
Hope Arising…
“… (Jesus) passed through the midst of them and went on his way.” Luke 4:30 In recent months I’ve had the occasion to interact with persons in our health care system—from the persons who greet me when I check in for an appointment to the those who care for me in the hospital and examination
Breathe! And Be!
We are currently in the midst of the winter season. Earth itself gives us an opportunity to experience and learn from her wisdom. In this season, life itself slows down. The animals react by conserving their energy and some even hibernate through this cold and desolate time of year. It was snowing so hard that
Perspective
I was not much of a sleuth as a child. I must have been 7 years old before I solved “the mystery of the macaroni and cheese”. Periodically, we were treated to four or five consecutive mac and cheese dinners. It wasn’t until I paired that information with the calendar that I figured it out.
Ezra Reads the Law
Are you tired of wearing a mask and reminders to get vaccinated? Do you wish things were the way they used to be? I know I do. We are chafing under the restrictions laid upon us. Imagine if these restrictions lasted 70 years! That is what happened to the Israelites when they were carried off
An Invitation
“After he had washed their feet, and put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them: Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for that is who I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed
Love As a Verb
As we honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. I am first drawn to the words from Saint Francis of Assisi… Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there
Write it Out
Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,your faithfulness to the skies.Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,your justice like the great deep.You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.They feast on the abundance of your house;you give them drink from your
Game Day Smoothie
Author’s notes:In their record 9th FCS National Championship victory this past weekend, NDSU Bison head football coach Matt Entz talked about the servant leadership mindset of the team that has enabled them to support each other through a long challenging season. Doing what you love can be a struggle and sustaining all at the same
“This is my Beloved…”
“And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.’”(Luke 3:22) Yesterday, we celebrated the Baptism of the Lord, putting a punctuation mark at the end of the Christmas season. My favorite daily app, “Pray-As-You-Go” offered some good food for thought based on the full reading from Luke
Light in Darkness
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined. Isaiah 9:2 The house I moved into in 2011 has great closets. I do not consider myself a hoarder, but those closets have filled up over the years. They filled
This Happened 12/24/21
The night was cold, the hour was late, and they were all tired. But, they came anyway. There was a sacredness in this gathering of intentional worshippers. Though few, they came together for this beautiful Christmas Eve service. Celebrated in the reading of the Word was the gentle birth of the Christ Child. And, the
New Year’s Eve – 2022
It’s the eve of the New Year, 2022! The celebrations held toward the end of the year – Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, or Winter Solstice are giving way to a new year. New years are generally times of promise and new beginnings. Very often, people make new year’s promises to themselves and others,known as “resolutions” –
Planning for the New Year
Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:30, KJV I quoted the King James Version of this famous saying of Jesus because it is the one I grew up with. My mother often referred to
God Breaks In
Open this post to watch a Christmas video message by Keith Hammer and his grandchildren
Comfort My People
“Comfort, yes, comfort my people!” says your God. “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.” The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the LORD; make
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- Turn to Lament May 20, 2022
- Poured Out May 16, 2022
- Streams in the Desert May 13, 2022
- Praise With Creation May 6, 2022
- WWW and MOM May 5, 2022
Lenten Midweek Service
March 9
Premiers at 7:00 PM
Led jointly by Redeemer Lutheran, Church, Boise and Grace Lutheran Church, Horseshoe Bend.
Jesus Falls for the First Time
Station Three – An opera singer And sings the tune Emily Dickinson God of beauty and whimsy, pour out yourvisionary Spirit on all musicians, artists,
Beginnings
“Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began
In the Desert
“I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians are holding as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. Say therefore to
Jesus Accepts the Cross
Station Two – A mother and daughter reach out to each other through a glass window. That perches in the soul – Emily Dickinson Holy
Jesus is Condemned to Death
Station One – Nurse in Wuhan Hope is the thing with feathers – Emily Dickinson God of our weary years,We give thanks for the healthcare
Lenten Devotions
On Ash Wednesday and then each Tuesday and Thursday through the weeks of Lent, we will feature Liturgical Artist Mary Button’s Stations of the Cross: Pandemic Hope. You can learn more about Mary here. You can learn more about Stations of the Cross here or through your own internet search.
For those who receive devotions by email, please be sure to fully open the post on TVPrays.org to view the meditative art.
From Light into Lent
Two days from now, the festive feast days of Epiphany will give way to the somber season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday. We
A ‘Mirror’ Opportunity!’
“Know, then, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to occupy because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn
Roots
Author’s Notes:This newsletter article was originally published in late July 2021 after returning from a trip to visit family in the Midwest. Reading it again
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- Turn to Lament May 20, 2022
- Poured Out May 16, 2022
- Streams in the Desert May 13, 2022
- Praise With Creation May 6, 2022
- WWW and MOM May 5, 2022
