Weekly devotions by email from our Pastors and guest devotioneers. New devotions are posted here and emailed every Wednesday morning.
This Sunday morning past, God surprised me. That is not an earth-shattering observation in that I am a simple soul … a soul easily amused … and more easily surprised. But sometimes the blindness of my inner eye of faith, prevents me from seeing the joy of God breaking through into our world at times…
Thank you to Brendan Armitage for serving again as our guest devotioneer this week. Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves…
(Thank you to Brendan Armitage for writing this week’s devotion) “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 Canna lilies are tall plants, often 8′ high, with shiny, broad tropical leaves and topped with these dramatic stems of red or orange flowers. This time of year, they’re…
It was 6:45 a.m. on Sunday morning, and already the day was complicated. I had just spent about forty-five minutes with a family that was in the process of removing a hospital life-support system from their loved one. She had been in a serious accident the day before, and while her body was strong and…
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. ~~Hebrews 13:2 (NRSV) I’m not much for the Book of Hebrews. I’ve never been enamored by the lofty language, the implied superiority of New Testament teaching over the Old Testament foundations for Jesus’ ministry, and the…
Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. (Genesis 1:3-4, NRSV) I’ve been following the ritual since the summer of 1981. Forty-eight Sunday mornings a year, give-or-take one or two, I am walking through the hallways of…
We extend our thanks to Jill Emmert for serving as this week’s guest devotioneer … her first time writing for us. It won’t be her last, we hope. Fifty-three first days of school. That’s how many we’ve had with our three sons so far, between pre-school, public school, and college. We’re coming up on fifty-four…
We again thank Brendan Armitage for providing this week’s devotion. Make sure to tune in next week for another guest devotion by Jill Emmert. Galatians 3:26 — “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” Have you ever…
