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
Scripture: Romans 8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. Thought for the Day: In yesterday’s sermon, I referenced James 1:13 where it says very clearly that God does not tempt us. This makes sense to me. The God I meet in Jesus does not put evil in front of us to see how
Scripture: Job 29:14-16 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. Thought for the Day: As Job was having a debate with his alleged friends, he offered a very important understanding of righteousness.
Scripture: Luke 9:18 Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” Thought for the Day: The Confessing Church was a group of Christians who stood against the Nazi’s during WWII. In his 1936 lecture, “The Presentation of New Testament Texts,” Dietrich Bonhoeffer (a leader in the Confessing Church movement) proposed an alternative strategy
Scripture: Luke 9:12-17 The day was drawing to a close, and the twelve came to Jesus and said, “Send the crowd away, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a deserted place.” But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two