Creating God of Peace, You’ve searched me and know me, Lord. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. There’s no place I can go, no place I make my bed, no place so dark you cannot find me and shine Light on me. You brought forth the innermost centerContinue Reading
Shepherding God, Thank you that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from your love in Christ Jesus our Lord. Thank you that you are theContinue Reading
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” (Lk. 19:10 NIV) The King Is Coming Oh the King is coming The King is coming I just heard the trumpet sounding And now His face I see Oh the King is coming The King isContinue Reading
Sometimes we go through seasons in life when our prayer or Bible reading/study seems to be less energetic, less intense, maybe even of less interest. Every so often, I think, it is helpful to “be still” before the Lord and just listen to what He has to say to us.Continue Reading
A truthful witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies. (Prov. 14:5 NIV) Last weekend there were two news stories that especially caught my attention, specifically for their relevance to Christian faith. The first was an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “They Need to BeContinue Reading
Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you….It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life…Use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows…Live freely,Continue Reading
I received an email subscription that I thought fit into the Advent season, even though its writer is Rabbi Daniel Lapin. I copied the text of the devotion below (but left off the advertisements!). [P.S. I can’t get the devotion to look formatted correctly here – if you can’t readContinue Reading
Today is Veteran’s Day, usually a day which goes by with a quick internal recognition of the price generations have paid for these United States — and a grumble about the Post Office or Bank being closed for the day. But for several days I’ve been thinking about freedom –Continue Reading
For the last 15 years or so I’ve heard people in ministry bemoaning the shrinking of the “mainline Church.” This usually comes with the statistics of how many members were lost last year, what the trend has been the last 5 (10, 20, 50) years, and how churches and denominationsContinue Reading
I’ve been doing some research lately on emergency preparedness. Last week I had a conversation with someone who made the comment that in certain situations, “Worst case scenario: you’re dead.” And, strangely enough, that was actually encouraging to me; for to me being dead is not my “worst case scenario.”Continue Reading