Wednesday Greetings, Alright... whoever prayed for the weather to warm up... You can stop praying now!It's hot here. Supposed to be 114 degrees on Thursday. Oy vey!Now.... did your prayers work? In abundance?We don't really know. We don't really know how our prayers...
Wednesday Greetings, Sometimes... my mind wanders, and finds itself in a "troubled" place, fearing the world around me, focusing on the problems, thinking less of myself (and sometimes thinking more of myself) than I really am... just troubled.It's in those moments that I turn to God...
Wednesday Greetings, Some people say to me, "I don't need to tell people about my faith; they can see it in my actions."Some people say to me, "I need to tell everyone about my faith."Did you know both are true? At the same time!It's important for us people of faith to speak about our...
Wednesday Greetings, Wow, this is an amazing world. You just have to look, sometimes in a different direction... I have been privileged lately to have three weeks of vacation and travel to some amazing places: Antigua and Asheville. They couldn't be more...
Wednesday Greetings, Every Holy Week, I focus on the Hymn, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross."I offer one of its verses for your devotion this week:See from His head His hands His feetSorrow and love flow mingled downDid e'er such love and sorrow meetOr thorns compose so rich a crownThe...
Wednesday Greetings, Don't Go...Jesus... don't go to Jerusalem, especially during the Holy Days of the Passover....He must have known it would be a hotbed of religious fervor, and whatever he said or did would be multiplied in intensity, which could only lead to two things: big trouble...
Wednesday Greetings, God, we need you. We need to know again that you are with us, not just above us, not just beyond us, not just waiting for us, but with us here, now, today. We need to know you are guiding us, revealing to us, correcting us, saving us, not just when we...
Wednesday Greetings, This time of year I am reminded to be careful in my prayer life... not to expect God to answer my prayer in the way I want it... because someone else is praying the opposite.A friend of mine posted on Social Media yesterday... Go Duke!What? University of Arizona...
Wednesday Greetings, Whew. The Flea Market is complete. Everything is out, packed up, and the church campus is getting cleaned up.... which is the part of the event that no one really enjoys! None of us like cleaning up the mess.It's kind of like that in most of...
Wednesday Greetings, This Ash Wednesday Message, I share with you some blessed words from the Rev. Dr. Brad Munroe, our Presbytery de Cristo Pastor of Pastors. I could not have put it better, so here's for your Ash Wednesday. “Earth to earth, ashes to...