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...
Wednesday Greetings, I received this note several years ago from someone in worship. It was, and is, a reminder that our calling as Christian people of faith, as any person of any faith, or even just as people, is to that refuge for others.Are you? Is that how you are?It's...
Wednesday Greetings, Hush... Listen...The Voice of God can be heard... or felt, seen, noticed, sensed...Sometimes I forget to listen. I go to God in prayer with my desire to connect, with my desires I need help with, with the things I want to give thanks...... and I forget to take...
Wednesday Greetings, The Fires in California have been devastating... even to watch on the news. I can't even begin to imagine. And then the looters who go in to steal; it's all so heartbreaking.And then, the news began to show the parking lots filled with clothes, water...
Wednesday Greetings, Whoa! What a day we are having in Tucson. The Wind blew in during the night. And I mean BLEW. It's terribly windy, chilly, uncomfortable.Of course, that's what I said even from inside my cozy house.Yep, it's just another reminder of how lucky...