Altar Call | Planting alleluias in a child’s heart

Altar Call | Planting alleluias in a child’s heart

BY WALT ALBRITTONA friend of mine introduced me to the “Greenless Child,” an intriguing poem written by Ann Weems. My friend often quoted the poem as she shared her faith with others. Perhaps it will touch your heart as it did mine:I watched her go uncelebrated into the second grade,A greenless child, gray among the orange and yellow,Attached too much to corners and to other people’s sunshine.She colors the rainbow brownAnd leaves balloons unope…

Making Up the Alleluias

On any given Easter weekday, we pray over 75 Alleluias! The profuse return of the Alleluias points to an important spiritual principle: Every good thing we lose or give up for God is always eventually returned to us—blessed, increased, and purified.