BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 26, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O One Who Calls Forth the Dawn, rise within us today. You streak the sky with hues of mauve and lavender, blue and gold, announcing yourself as the Master of the Universe. How can we overlook your […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 25, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Morning Star, in the light you have placed within us, we see clearly the world in all its discord, and we are well-acquainted with the disharmony in our personal lives. You have spoken of your bright dream […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 24, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Life in this world has a way of wounding us, sometimes within an inch of our lives; and at many junctures we wound ourselves. We need only sift through our memories to count the foolish mistakes we […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 23, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 19 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Voice of Calm, we enter your presence, as you long ago whispered for us to draw near. You tenderly hollowed out that cavern within us that yearns for communion with the Holy. Much is taking place beyond […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 18 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 17, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Creating God, as your Spirit moved over the chaos to give light and life to our world, send that same spirit around and through us today to awaken what has withered within. We confess that we move […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 16, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade If thou wilt suffer God to guide thee, and hope in God through all thy ways, God will give strength, whate’er betide thee, and bear thee through the hardest days. We offer praise to you, Lord […]
At the start of each summer, Church Street participates in a special hands-on mission project in conjunction with the Holston Conference. In an unprecedented year, the need was greater than ever, and the task more challenging than ever. Within the Holston Conference, projects in Liberia and Zimbabwe are supported by the fulfillment of buckets full […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 12, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O Silent Companion, we are again apprised of the numbers — numbers representing the ill ones, breathing souls who are beloved of God. When did it happen that our days were clouded by statistics? Numbers are meaningless […]