Scripture: Psalm 23:2-3 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Thought for the Day: One afternoon, when I was 16 or 17 years old, my mom ran to the grocery store while I was out mowing the lawn. It was a very hot summer day, and when
Scripture: 1st Timothy 2:1-2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. Thought for the Day: I’m not much of an historian, but it was on this day in 1857 that the Dred Scott Decision was
Scripture: 2nd Corinthians 7:9 Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance; for you felt a godly grief, so that you were not harmed in any way by us. Thought for the Day: It sounds as if Paul is saying that no living creatures were harmed in the making of this community. Like a movie where it appeared as if animals
Scripture: Philippians 4:5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Thought for the Day: Is this a threat or a source of encouragement? You could read it either way. You better be gentle because God is watching -or- You will be able to act with gentleness because God, the gentle One, is near. I prefer the latter. It would be difficult to truly act
Guest Devotional: Bill Kaufman Scripture: Isaiah 40:31 …but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Thought for the Day: How often do our daily activities tend to overtake us? So much to do, so many demands of us. We can wake up in the
Scripture: Psalm 65:2 O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come. Thought for the Day: In a little devotional book by C. William Nichols (given to me by a wonderful man, Reeder Miller), I was intrigued by what Rev. Nichols described as the ‘theological shock waves’ created through this passage of scripture. According to him, “All Flesh means every last person on this earth: the
Scripture: Hosea 2:19-20 And I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy. I will take you for my wife in faithfulness; and you shall know the Lord. Thought for the Day: The prophet Hosea used some rather creative and often shocking metaphors when it came to the people’s relationship with
Scripture: Philippians 4:12-16 I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. In any case, it was kind of you to share my distress. You
Guest Devotional: Pat Kelly, Elder Scripture: Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good: and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Thought for the day: The Holy Spirit I sense within me resonates wonderfully with this single verse. In life I have encountered many pundits with firmly expressed formulas and
Scripture: Isaiah 45:22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. Thought for the Day: The scriptures quite often streamline a potentially long and convoluted answer. God is the liberating force (saved=liberation/delivered, see Exodus 14:30) who is always calling forth people like Moses who lead others away from slavery and into wholeness. Those who say