by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | May 6, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 9 I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. (Psalm 9:1-2) COVID-19 has stolen so much from us. I don’t need to list it out. You...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 29, 2020 | Devotionals
Colossians 1:15-23 “He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17) As these weeks have gone on, it is easy to feel like we’re coming apart. Strains at home are real as we are forced into non-stop, daily interactions – and daily...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 22, 2020 | Devotionals
Exodus 15:22-16:10 “…for I am the LORD who heals you.” (Exodus 15:26) Well, there it is. Isn’t that our hope and prayer right now? In the middle of a global pandemic, isn’t it to “the Lord who heals you” that we are most desirous to turn to? Yet I’m struck by a few...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 15, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 9 “I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.” (Psalm 9:1-2) On the Wednesday after Easter, it is good to read and following Psalm 9....
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 8, 2020 | Devotionals
Lamentations 2:1-9 “How the Lord in his anger has humiliated daughter Zion!” (Lamentation 2:1) Reading Lamentations is tricky business. Reading it is risky. On the one hand, whenever catastrophe strikes, we find some sense of relief in reading that God is in control...