by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | May 19, 2021 | Devotionals
Ezekiel 11:14-25 “Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far away among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while in the countries where they have gone” (Ezekiel 11:16) Another week of...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | May 12, 2021 | Devotionals
Deuteronomy 19:1-7 “When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their towns and in their houses, 2you shall set apart three cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | May 5, 2021 | Devotionals
Jeremiah 32:36-44 “Now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, “It is being given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence”: 37See, I am going to gather them from all the lands to...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 28, 2021 | Devotionals
Jeremiah 30:18-22 “And you shall be my people, and I will be your God” (Jeremiah 30:22) One of the earliest rules in writing is that you don’t begin a sentence with a conjunction. Yet here it is, in sacred scripture, just ripping apart all grammatical guidance. Since...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 21, 2021 | Devotionals
Daniel 5:1-12 “Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that they bring in the vessels of gold and silver that his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 14, 2021 | Devotionals
1 John 2:12-17 “Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world; 16for all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches — comes not from the Father but from the...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 7, 2021 | Devotionals
Micah 7:7-15 Acts 3:1-10 John 15:1-11 “Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me” (Micah 7:8) Micah reminds me of another poetic, prophetic voice: Maya Angelou. Consider this poem from her,...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Mar 31, 2021 | Devotionals
Jeremiah 17:5-18 “Thus says the LORD: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the LORD. They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Mar 24, 2021 | Devotionals
Psalm 5 I’m not one of those Bible nerds who will geek out on something like punctuation… normally. But really, ya’ll, check out that semi-colon! Now, to be clear, biblical Greek does not have this sort of punctuation so what we’re seeing is a reflection of...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Mar 17, 2021 | Devotionals
Jeremiah 18:1-11 “The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him. Then the word of the LORD came to me: Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the...
