This is just a quick stop to post a beautiful water prayer that Lutheran World Relief mailed as a bookmark. Note the imagery from both the world of nature and the Scriptures. Then pray it – with thanks to LWR for their good sustainable development work around the world. I encourage you to support them. Water…a physical and spiritual blessing…so many ways.
A Water Prayer
August 12, 2009 by Glenn BorresonIt’s All in the Name
July 22, 2009 by Glenn BorresonToday as I was contacting folks about my book, I came across a church name that sounds full of baptismal spirituality: Ezekiel Lutheran Church.
Ezekiel: the Old Testament prophet who envisioned God breathing life back into dry bones (Ez. 37:1-14). From dryness to sinews, from death to life – that is God at work. And Ezekiel’s words long before Jesus and the church describe this amazing God and give a foretaste of baptismal spirituality.
So, Ezekiel sounds like a fine name for a church, even if a bit out of the ordinary. And as if the name’s not enough baptismal spirituality, the location of this congregation is River Falls (Wisconsin).
Let the baptismal waters flow, Ezekiel!
