by Kristy Wallace Grant | Apr 10, 2024 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
On March 28th, I had the opportunity to chat with Kate Denson of Justice Walks DC. Kate, who is on staff with InterVarsity as their National Director of Justice Programs, is also a licensed tour guide who has been creating and leading tours in and around...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Mar 14, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Kristy Wallace Grant (Repentance Project Director) guides us into the famous “Hall of Saints” imagined in Hebrews 11. Her spacious offering invites us to consider the saints in our lives who have walked before us in faith and...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Jan 10, 2024 | For the World
Happy New Year!! Anyone who knows me knows that I love the beginning of a new year. A new year is full of the excitement of possibilities. As we sit at the beginning of this new year, I can assure you that what we, at the Repentance Project, have in store for 2024...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Dec 13, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Advent,” Kristy Wallace Grant (Repentance Project Director) guides us into a practice of lectio divina focused on Isaiah 45:3. She helps us appreciate more deeply the attention paid to darkness in the Advent season and enter more...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Nov 8, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Justice and Mercy
In this “Space for God: Thursday,” Repentance Project Director, Kristy Wallace Grant, guides us into the rich but challenging practice of lament. She unpacks the literary form of lament found in the Psalms and draws upon music and images from...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Oct 13, 2023 | For the World
From September 15th to October 15th, we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month; however, this designation does not give us the license to ONLY celebrate Hispanic Heritage during this one month of the year. As brothers and sisters in Christ, we should be...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Sep 22, 2023 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Kristy Wallace Grant (Repentance Project Director) invites us to reflect on Jesus’ challenging question in Matthew 12: “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” She helps us consider...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Aug 16, 2023 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
“I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly,...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Jun 13, 2023 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
“Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, as when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread – the bread of suffering – so that as long as you live you will remember the day you departed from...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | May 26, 2023 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Bible”, Kristy Wallace Grant (Repentance Project Director) guides us into an encounter with Psalm 139 in all its beauty and fullness. Drawing together Scripture, story, and song from different cultures, she invites us to worship...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Mar 15, 2023 | Liturgical Seasons
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 At noon on Ash Wednesday, a handful of us gathered online for Wednesday Noonday Prayer. While some came wearing ashes, we all arrived in that virtual...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Mar 2, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent,” Kristy Wallace Grant (Repentance Project Director) guides us through both a lectio divina and a breath prayer practice on Habakkuk 1-2:1. Through dwelling on this passage, she helps us appreciate the dynamics and movements of...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Dec 20, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Mary responded, “Oh, how my soul praises the Lord. How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! For he took notice of his lowly servant girl, and from now on all generations will call me blessed. For the Mighty One is holy, and he has done great things for me. He shows...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Nov 8, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE,” Kristy Wallace (Dir of Repentance Project) guides us through Ephesians 2:4-10, where the Apostle Paul refers to us as God’s workmanship/masterpiece/poiema. Kristy highlights this image and helps us create simple poems...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Sep 28, 2022 | Justice and Mercy
We invite you to join us for a watch party of “Harriet” on Friday night Oct 14, and journey with us to Harriet Tubman sites in Cambridge, MD on Oct 15! Find out why below. “…I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.” – Harriet Tubman The...
