(I’m rerunning this devotional—one of my favorite quotes) Scripture: James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. Thought for the Day: Frederick Buechner is one of my favorite authors, in part, for the way he takes deep theological ideas and brings them down to my level. Some of his writings have what appear to be a pithy quality to them, yet they are neither
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-6 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the
Scripture: Leviticus 19:34 (the Message) Treat the foreigner the same as a native. Love him like one of your own. Remember that you were once foreigners in Egypt. I am God, your God. Thought for the Day: The Book of Leviticus is always a challenge, yet there are many beautiful and powerful take aways found within its pages. In a recent reading, I recognized an important concept that
Scripture: Acts 20:35 In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Thought for the Day: In this chapter, the Apostle Paul has reached out to those in Ephesus, inviting them to meet him in Miletus. In a lengthy
Scripture: Luke 11:33-35 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light; but if it is not healthy, your body is full of darkness. Therefore consider whether the light in you is not
~From Rev. Norma Lowrey Scripture: John 14:12 I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me, will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. Thought for the Day: As I walked the streets of Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Masada, Caesarea, and Capernaum and sailed on the Sea of Galilee on a recent trip to the
A Thought from Pat Kelly (a Church Member I believe most of us have in our early childhood memory banks instinctive perceptions of good and bad, loving and unloving, kindness and unkindness and many other important elements we simply seem to be born with. Through faith I have come to accept all of these as from the Holy Spirit which I also believe is in and part of
Scripture: Psalm 33:5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. Thought for the Day: The actress Lorette Young said, “Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.” So often we awaken to the gift of love, but it started as a gift – the gift of a God who first loved us. As the scripture
Scripture: Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners… Thought for the Day: These are the words that Jesus will read during what appears to be his first trip to the synagogue
Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:10 Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. Thought for the Day: More than 30 years after seeing it with my own eyes and hearing it with my own ears – I can still remember a TV evangelist telling his listeners to open