A couple of years ago, my cat was violently playing with her toy and she crashed into the leg of my telescope. I heard a…
View More When You Think The WorstCategory: Friday Devotionals
Creative Hospitality During a Pandemic
In a year that has built more walls than bridges, the mission of the Church is never-changing. God’s clarion call to reach the lost and…
View More Creative Hospitality During a PandemicFeeding Us the Bread of Eternal Life
I threw up a prayer in frustration, “Lord, just help me find it!” I couldn’t find my Bible study workbook. I knew that I had…
View More Feeding Us the Bread of Eternal LifeHis Love Is Always There
“There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town . . .” During a recent discussion at work, this phrase from a Carolyn Arends song…
View More His Love Is Always ThereA New Flute
Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not…
View More A New FluteKeep Watch
Several years ago, I attended a camp conference which focused on the theme: Keep Watch. I flew from the middle of the country to the West Coast, spending…
View More Keep WatchA Promise for Troubled Times (A HOPE-Filled Scripture)
There are days when trouble seems to come knocking from the minute I crawl out of bed. It can be little, insignificant things like not…
View More A Promise for Troubled Times (A HOPE-Filled Scripture)Examine Yourself
Asymptomatic. We’ve been hearing that word a lot lately. In medicine, any disease is classified asymptomatic if a patient tests as having a disease or infection but experiences no symptoms. When people…
View More Examine YourselfHope Rises When You Know What Comes Next
Every spring the weather app on my phone suddenly becomes an object of intense scrutiny. I’m longing for the sunshine, the spring temperatures, and for…
View More Hope Rises When You Know What Comes NextAccording to His Will
Years ago, a woman learned that her husband was having an affair with another woman. One evening she walked onto the deck where her husband…
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