by Duane VanDuzen | May 18, 2022 | Devotionals
Acts 9: 36-43 In Acts 9:36-43, Peter is summoned to Joppa to tend to a much-loved disciple named Tabitha who was always doing good and helping the poor. Tabitha had suddenly died and the church mourned for this wonderful servant. Peter was asked to come to Joppa to...
by Carol Gibson | May 11, 2022 | Devotionals
Words can be so powerful! Take time this week to choose a word to live by, like faith, hope, love, or any word that motivates you. Use that word to transform your thought patterns into whatever might be happening in your world. I have chosen hope, as I know that God’s...
by Deb Groat | May 4, 2022 | Devotionals
As I read this coming Sunday’s four lectionary readings, The Revelation of John 7:9-17 spoke the loudest to me: In John’s vision, upon Jesus’s victory over evil in the very end times, a crowd of people from all nations stood before the throne of God and before the...
by Judy VanDuzen | Apr 27, 2022 | Devotionals
Some days are more challenging than others. Some days your faith may wane. Some days you may find it hard to pray. Some days you may not see the clouds’ silver linings. Psalms 118: 24-29 reminds us: This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in...
by Debby Galloway | Apr 20, 2022 | Devotionals
Psalm 91:2 A refuge is a place safely out of harm’s way. A fortress is a fortified building that is virtually impenetrable by conventional means. Martin Luther wrote a wonderful hymn that says, “A mighty fortress is our God; a bulwark never failing. Our helper He...
by Lori Disbennett | Apr 13, 2022 | Devotionals
Last month our guest Pastor the Rev. J. David Worthen referenced the following poem by Edgar Guest, called Sermons We See. After the service I immediately went home and looked up the rest of the poem. I am wired like this poem. Don’t just talk to me, teach me, show...
by Laura Perkins | Apr 6, 2022 | Devotionals
Jesus and his disciples left for a remote location and the crowds followed. Jesus taught them, and at the end of the day, they were hungry. It was late, they were in a remote location, with a crowd of hungry people. The disciples informed Jesus of the situation and...
by Dick Mickley | Mar 30, 2022 | Devotionals
1 Corinthians 12:4-14 Paul is writing to the Corinthians because he has heard of difference in the congregation. He is distressed that the congregation of believers is rent with schisms, and I see our congregation in the reading. Partly, this divisiveness may be...
by Kathleen Kinney | Mar 23, 2022 | Devotionals
I like to do “hidden object” puzzles. The objects to find can be text, sometimes it’s silhouette pictures, and sometimes the whole familiar picture is reverse. Regardless, I have often found that I cannot find an object no matter how hard I look, only to see that it...
by Mary Bishop | Mar 16, 2022 | Devotionals
Psalm 119:73-80 This psalm is very personal. The psalmist is in deep sorrow. He hopes that his sorrow will become a blessing. He attempts to teach, but God is using this time to teach him. He prays for experience. He asks God to baffle (bewilder) the proud and to...
