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17 05, 2021

A City on a Hill

2021-05-17T10:04:10-05:00May 17th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

God, I often wonder what other people think when they see your church, St. Luke’s Church, here in Houston. I know what I think when I drive in the parking lot, but I am biased. I love this church, your church. I love the way people seek to grow in faith here, becoming more and more like you in the way we love others. I love the way people treat one another with kindness. I love the way St. Luke’s strives to be your catalyst for transformation in our city. I love our mission, our vision, our model for a spiritual journey of growth, [...]

7 05, 2021

Children!

2021-05-07T09:18:51-05:00May 7th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

God, What a gift children are! When I hear little voices of small ones, my spirit soars. When I see them teeming in the halls of the church, I cannot help but smile and be thankful. When I see and hear my own grandchildren, their precious voices still learning to make the sounds come out right, my heart wants to burst with gratitude. What can we do to not squander the potential crammed into their little minds, hearts, and bodies? What can we do that they would feel your love from the very beginning, secure enough to trust you in [...]

30 04, 2021

Belong!

2021-04-30T12:55:07-05:00April 30th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

God, Today I pray for loners, for the lonely, for those who are alone. I pray for those who have isolated themselves from others by choice, as they miss the joy of community and relationship. I pray for those who struggle to know how to connect with others, as I can feel their frustration as they try too hard, cling too much, or push others away. I pray for those who have longed for someone with whom they can share life each day but have not found such a partner. I pray for those who are growing up without supportive family relationships, [...]

23 04, 2021

Change starts with me

2021-04-23T09:41:58-05:00April 23rd, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

God, I am so grateful that, by your amazing grace, you accept me just as I am. At the same time, God, I pray that you would not allow me to stay just as I am, but rather would change me, by the work of the Holy Spirit, from the inside out. So much of the time, I want the world around me to change, but how can I expect change from others if I resist the change you intend for my own life? So, God I pray that I might live with a changed heart and changed pattern of [...]

16 04, 2021

I Pray for Courage

2021-04-16T08:48:53-05:00April 16th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

God, I pray for courage to speak the truth as I hear it from you. I pray for the humility to know that it might be my own voice rather than yours I hear. I pray for the compassion to listen to the voices of others and hear their hearts. I pray for the willingness to do the truth, regardless of the words behind it. I pray that I might know the truth, who is your son, Jesus the Christ so that I might share him with others. Amen.

9 04, 2021

God Will Make A Way

2021-04-09T11:22:22-05:00April 9th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

God, I stand amazed at your ongoing life-giving power. All of those dead brown branches we pruned cut back all the way to the nub. We expected we would have to replace them, of course. But for so many of them, already the green shoots are pushing through the ground, straining toward the sunshine, drawing on the energy that has been lying dormant in the earth. It is truly amazing. I confess that there are days I feel like those brown branches, dried up and brittle. There are days I wonder if there is any new life available in me or for me. There [...]

2 04, 2021

Amazing Eternal Love

2021-04-02T10:08:01-05:00April 2nd, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

God, The Scripture describes you in human terms as one who gets angry, has compassion, rejoices, and grieves. I believe that to be true. You proved it when you became flesh and lived as one of us. So I can only imagine how you felt on that Friday, that day we remember today. What was it like to watch him be denied by those he loved so much, humiliated by the crowd, tortured? Could you have saved him? I suppose you could not change the minds and hearts of those who were a part of that violence and sadistic torture. You made that decision at [...]

26 03, 2021

Wholehearted!

2021-03-26T09:26:58-05:00March 26th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

Dear God, Today, I thank you for my hands. They are full of possibility and threat. Fingernails bitten in anxiety, crepe paper wrinkles I never saw before, callouses, a scar and gash or two, wedding ring an enduring fixture, veins popping through, lifelines and health lines… What shall I do with the hands you have given me? This week, I can use these hands to wave palm branches to celebrate you. I can use these hands to do your work, to feed the hungry, to comfort the grieving, to hold the hands of the fearful, to put to paper [...]

19 03, 2021

I need you.

2021-03-19T09:02:08-05:00March 19th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

I need you, Father, Son, Holy Spirit. I need you when I am anxious, that I might find your peace. I need you when I am tempted, that I might find your resolve. I need you when I am confused, that I might find your clarity of purpose. I need you when I am grieving, that I might find your comfort. I need you when I am broken, that I might find your healing. I need you when I am confident, that I might find your humble heart. I need you when I am complacent, that I might find [...]

12 03, 2021

Courage!

2021-03-12T10:29:56-06:00March 12th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

Dear Jesus, I stand amazed at your courage. It isn’t as if you weren’t tempted in your soul to turn away from the cross. You prayed for that cup of suffering to be taken from you. It isn’t as if there was no trembling in the face of the pain, no questioning the reason for it all. No, you were fully human, so you struggled with every step, every lash, every breath, every taunt. And there were so many opportunities along the way for you to bail, to take the easy route, to listen to the promptings of your disciples and taunting enemies. But [...]

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