ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 21, 2021Prayer for the Week: I wake this day with many things on my mind. I open my eyes and find so many of the concerns from yesterday have joined me today. Allow all the apprehension and worry that has greeted me this day to be drawn into this prayer. Merciful God, you understand these worries and the reason I do not easily release them. You
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 20, 2021Scripture: Luke 12:16-19Then Jesu told them a parable: “A certain rich man’s land produced a bountiful crop. He said to himself, What will I do? I have no place to store my harvest! Then he thought, Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. That’s where I’ll store all my grain and goods. I’ll say to myself, You have stored
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 19, 2021Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11So continue encouraging each other and building each other up, just like you are doing already. Thought for the Day: Paul is encouraging the work of encouraging, and doing so by praising the encouragement already being done. We should do what is right because it is the right thing to do, but if we are honest with ourselves, most of us need
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 18, 2021Scripture: Psalm 36:6-9Your righteousness is like the strongest mountains; your justice is like the deepest sea. LORD, you save both humans and animals. Your faithful love is priceless, God! Humanity finds refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the bounty of your house; you let them drink from your river of pure joy. Within you is the spring of life. In your
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 17, 2021Scripture: Psalm 1:3They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper. Thought for the Day: Rumi, the great 13th century poet, asked the question: “Why are you so enchanted by this world when a mine of gold lies within you?” I remember sitting with a
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 16, 2021Scripture: Ephesians 4:25So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Thought for the Day: What does it mean when any group of people denies an important part of history? I was rereading a little history on the Armenian Genocide, at least what historians call the Armenian Genocide. For decades, much of
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 15, 2021Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Thought for the Day: Today, June 15, is Global Wind Day, a day to celebrate the growing use of wind energy. Now the Frogges are 100%
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 14, 2021Prayer for the Week:Stressed!Why am I so stressed?Why do I carry this weight?I know you are listening –For you are full of grace, forever present, forever kind.You are full of light, forever shining, forever illuminating.You are full of love, forever comforting, forever encouraging.I am still stressed, but not alone, never forsaken.I am still stressed, but not hopeless, never lost.Thank you!Amen.
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 13, 2021Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-3aThis is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—for surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you, and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation… Thought for the Day: Today, I will be preaching from another section of Ephesians 3, but
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGJune 12, 2021Scripture: Matthew 14:22-23Right then, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead to the other side of the lake while he dismissed the crowds. When he sent them away, he went up onto a mountain by himself to pray. Evening came and he was alone. Thought for the Day: I picture Jesus standing at the water’s edge, smiling as the disciples float