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Martyrdom Revisited

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Lent 2 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, ‘Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?’ I said to him, ‘Sir, you are the one that knows.’ Then he said to me, ‘These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their…

The Alphabet Prayer

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL LEnt 1 Guest Devotioneer Leigh Trayer “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10) A poor man found himself in a forest as night fell, and he had no prayer book to say his evening prayers. So he…

Transfiguration Moments

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Transfiguration Sunday Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. (Matthew 17:1-2) I love Camp Nawakwa in Arendtsville, PA. …

Silence

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL EPIPHANY 7 ‘Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may. (Job 13:13) I’m a little empty at the moment. Have you ever had one of those days … or evening, in my case? Moments when your well feels a little dry? I’m sort of there tonight as…

Forgiveness

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL EPIPHANY 6 Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if another member of the church* sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven* times. (Matthew 18:21-22) It was the question of the day this morning…

Millennials

Email Devotional Epiphany 5 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. (Romans 12:12) It continues to be one of my favorite weekends of the year. (I have often said that if I could find someone to pay me to run retreats every weekend, I would leave parish ministry in a heartbeat. But…

Youth

Email Devotion Epiphany 4 May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars, cut for the building of a palace. (Psalm 144:12) I hear it a lot. I will admit that I have said it myself. It is spoken often on Sundays like today’s Youth Sunday celebration. “Our youth are the…

Milestones

email devotion Epiphany 3 I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I handed them on to you. (1 Corinthians 11:2) Since I’m a “numbers” guy, it would make sense that turning sixty years old (or 50 … or 70 God-willing) should be a big deal. The greeting…

To What Am I Beholden?

email devotion epiphany 2 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols. (1 Corintians 10:14) I have been drawn into the cult, and have swallowed a full draught of the Kool-Aid. Multiple times a day, the cult consumes some of my time … some of my attention … some of my adoration. It directs…

Think of it as Confession

Email Devotion The Name of JEsus January 1, 2017 So let’s be honest here. They never really work out, do they? I’m talking about your New Year’s resolutions. If stats on these things are correct, then less than 10% of us will have success in truly changing our lifestyles through our January…