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Author: Kim Blenkhorn
Losing Jesus
Kim Blenkhorn December 2025 The other night we visited a Catholic shrine decorated with Christmas lights, where people stroll and sip hot cocoa. At the center of the path stood a hill with a large cross, and beneath it a small cave holding a nativity scene.“Let’s go see baby Jesus,” I said to my husband. … Continue reading Losing Jesus
This is Lent
Are we born free? If so, it is only after first knowing constraint—emerging from the narrow walls of the womb, shaped by forces beyond our control. Freedom is learned through limits. What prepares the soul to desire freedom but bondage?What prepares us to repent before the cross but the harsh reality of sin?What makes us … Continue reading This is Lent
Jesus is the Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus is a King and has a throne and a home and a people and this is a kingdom, but is all this living inside of me? When we speak about the kingdom of heaven, we speak of Jesus himself.
Salvation is a Gift
But what does it really mean to be saved?
A voice we can trust
When my son was a child, he asked me, ‘How do I hear God's voice?’ It was before bedtime, I was tired and young. I didn’t know at the time this was a once in a lifetime opportunity I was still living as if they would be 7 forever. I also didn’t have a good enough answer, I answered him from my own mystical experiences.
Master of the Mess
we are tempted to only recognize God in blessings, rewards and happy times. We effortlessly attribute to him the pleasantries in life, but would prefer to deny that God says he comes in a thick cloud. If we confess that reality “ God is present in the suffering.” That means that we must be too
Where is God?
I think we have learned in our sensory saturated planet to rely much too heavily on feelings and experiences. God is present with us in ways that are entirely different than anyone or anything else in our life. God is present with you through his word and by his spirit.
The Work is Done
Oh my Father, oh my Shepherd King The love you offer are tears that sting salty wounds and ashen face lonely deserts , lands of waste Rocky Terrace , unknown Depths a wooden cross , a painful death to know this glory how can I bear to taste the suffering and heaven share unless you … Continue reading The Work is Done
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