gracexchange

In Solidarity with Jesus and His Mission

Morning Hike – Box Canyon – Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM

  • Election Day and All Saints

    I’m passing on a short prayer from the Center for Faith and Justice at Georgetown University. Prayer and action will form our response to actively and faithfully participating in local, state, and national elections. Democratic society thrives with votes of conscience to restore common decency bound by the peace that passes all understanding through our… Read more

  • A Year Later

    In the past year, God initiated a new venture as an “interim” pastor. Quotes around “interim” as it’s been a year…what is “interim” about that? This call provided me the opportunity to experience a new community of disciples and the gracious gift to revive GraceXChange. First, God calls and you discern with the Holy Spirit… Read more

  • Prayer Power

    To pray is to change. Prayer invokes the name of God, makes intersession through Jesus, and opens our hearts to conversation through the Holy Spirit. In the Gospel of James, the 5th Chapter we find a simple, yet life changing verse: 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you… Read more

  • Our Chosen Leaders

    Today is March 24. A day of remembrance of the ministry and life of St. Oscar Romero. With all the vitriol and hate espoused today…the Church and it’s people are in need of accountability and transformation; especially for it’s leaders. Those, like St. Romero, who lived among and listened to the poor have found the… Read more

  • With Christ You Will Endure

    So prevalent today: you or your co-worker received an email that literally shook the foundation upon which they ‘stood’ – your employment is terminated. As a result, grief and disbelief threaten to destroy their identity as a person, wrecks the ability to sustain passions which ignite love of work, family, community service. They are in… Read more

  • And so it goes…

    Several months ago, I began to seek God’s guidance in an effort to transition my time, resources, energy, and experience to align with my personal mission statement (discerned from Micah 6:8 and The Blues Brothers Movie) “I believe that I am gifted by the Spirit, forgiven by Christ, and sent on a mission from God… Read more