by Diane Crosthwaite | Jul 14, 2021 | Devotionals
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 30The apostles returned to Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest awhile.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32And they...
by Dick Mickley | Jul 7, 2021 | Devotionals
Acts 10: 1-8, 17 1 In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as it was called. 2He was a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God. 3One afternoon at about...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 30, 2021 | Devotionals
1 Samuel 12:1-25 “Here I am…” (1 Samuel 12:3) For those familiar with the story of the prophet Samuel – who read his own nativity story in the opening chapters of 1 Samuel – you will know that this refrain – “Here I am” – is significant. It is the refrain that...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 23, 2021 | Devotionals
1 Samuel 7:2-17 “From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD” (1 Samuel 7:2) Biblical time is often confusing. At times we hear of people living well into their...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 16, 2021 | Devotionals
Luke 20:27-40 It is rare that a passage from a previous Sunday’s sermon pops back up for this midweek devotion, but such is our good fortune this week. Luke 20:27-40 tells of Jesus’ interaction with the Sadducees; the one in which they challenge Jesus using Levirate...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 9, 2021 | Devotionals, Sabbatical News
2 Corinthians 11:21b-33 “And, besides other things, I am under daily pressure because of my anxiety for all the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:28) Paul was clearly a pastor. Obviously, he was more than a pastor. A missionary, an apostle, prophetic in his writings, but he...
