ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 19, 2020 As many of you know, I have a special place in my heart for Guatemala as that is where we adopted Zach. This week, the Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has invited us to pray for Guatemala. Some of the mission partners there wrote the following… Supplication by Brayan Alvarado, General Coordinator of the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala:
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 18, 2020 Scripture: 1st Corinthians 7:7 …each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind. Thought for the Day: The powerful and outspoken activist, Gloria Steinem wrote, “There’s no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.” I don’t intend to make anyone feel guilty or like an underachiever, but how
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 17, 2020 Scripture: 1st Corinthians 1:27-28 But God chose what the world considers foolish to shame the wise. God chose what the world considers weak to shame the strong. And God chose what the world considers low-class and low-life—what is considered to be nothing—to reduce what is considered to be something to nothing. Thought for the Day: In Howard Thurman’s wonderful little book, Disciplines of
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 16, 2020 Scripture: 1st Corinthians 3:9-10 We are God’s coworkers, and you are God’s field, God’s building. I laid a foundation like a wise master builder according to God’s grace that was given to me, but someone else is building on top of it. Each person needs to pay attention to the way they build on it. Thought for the Day: It was Michael Jordan
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 15, 2020 Scripture: Psalm 18:6 In my distress I cried out to the LORD; I called to my God for help. God heard my voice from his temple; I called to him for help, and my call reached his ears. Thought for the Day: Does God hear our cries and then respond, or is God always in the mode of response even when we’ve not
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 14, 2020 Scripture: Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent end up in profit, but those who hurry end up with loss. Thought for the Day: I have never been able to find the owner of this quote, but it’s too good to ignore. “Intentional living means making choices for your life based on your greatest values, not the habits of others.” It’s tough to
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 13, 2020 Prayer for the Week: You seek to inspire our imaginations, O Source of Life and Love. Yet your existence raises concerns with no simple remedy. Your love enfleshed was rejected and executed by those who believed the existence of such love undermined their power. They believed, as we so often do, that love is too weak, fragile and inadequate. It is given plenty
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 12, 2020 Scripture: Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. Thought for the Day: Transforming and renewing are the life ambitions of those who wish to be participants in the good and acceptable and perfect things of
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 11, 2020 Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-7 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when