August 27, 2025
Wednesday Blessings,
Soon we will be turning our calendars to September. This is a month whe we typically get back into a 'regular' pattern or practice. Hence our sermon series title "Back At It".
A few days ago I read Kristin du Mez's recent substack article. She introduced me to a poet named Steve Garnaas-Holmes. He wrote a poem centered on the gospel we heard last Sunday. It is titled "Bent Over".
There appeared a woman
with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years.
She was bent over, unable to stand up straight.
—Luke 13.11
What is bent over in you?
A gift repressed… a feeling denied…
a story unheard… a strength decayed…
a hope, a hope, still hoping…?
Not everything, maybe, but something
is being healed,
standing up in you.
Don’t be the ruler who says “Not yet.”
Be the woman
who stands.
There may not be a final cure,
but sit still long enough
to feel a hand on your back.
Journey with Living Waters as we stand up and get back at it together.
Peace,
Pastor JJ
Soon we will be turning our calendars to September. This is a month whe we typically get back into a 'regular' pattern or practice. Hence our sermon series title "Back At It".
A few days ago I read Kristin du Mez's recent substack article. She introduced me to a poet named Steve Garnaas-Holmes. He wrote a poem centered on the gospel we heard last Sunday. It is titled "Bent Over".
There appeared a woman
with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years.
She was bent over, unable to stand up straight.
—Luke 13.11
What is bent over in you?
A gift repressed… a feeling denied…
a story unheard… a strength decayed…
a hope, a hope, still hoping…?
Not everything, maybe, but something
is being healed,
standing up in you.
Don’t be the ruler who says “Not yet.”
Be the woman
who stands.
There may not be a final cure,
but sit still long enough
to feel a hand on your back.
Journey with Living Waters as we stand up and get back at it together.
Peace,
Pastor JJ
