Wednesday Greetings, If you are looking for something to wear... try this!Colossians 3:12As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.You'll be beautiful and handsome and gorgeous in these! Peace in our...
Wednesday Greetings, Oh no. What will they think of you? For many of us it's really hard to share our faith with others, strangers, friends, and even family. Yes, even among our friends and family, maybe even especially with our friends and family. What...
Wednesday Greetings, This time of year I often think of how much work it took to create the Declaration of Independence. Crafting words and phrases, matching ideals and goals, fashioning a foundation. What a glorious day it was when it was completed and signed.And yet, then, the...
Wednesday Greetings, "I not only use the brains I have, but all I can borrow."Woodrow WilsonVariety and differences are gifts from God. What we do with them is our way of thanking God.I do believe that if we all put our heads together, we could find peaceful ways through the...
Wednesday Greetings, Come on Monsoons! We've had that phrase on the church marquee for a week. There's been a few sprinkles.I've been praying for rain! There's been a few sprinkles.I guess prayer doesn't work.But in the last week I have rejoiced in each little rain...
Wednesday Greetings, "Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce." Natalie GoldbergAnd the Good News?It's into this same kind of life that Jesus was born so long ago, showing...
Wednesday Greetings, Some prayers are worth praying over and over again. As Christians we have the Lord's Prayer that we use most every Sunday in Worship.The following prayer, world famous, is one we ought to pray every day.In light of all the murderous killings in the world, especially...
Wednesday Greetings, This coming Sunday is Youth Sunday. Some of the youth of our church will be leading us in worship. Their Sunday Funday School Teachers, Nancy Kluge and Beth Cullop, have been leading the youth deeper in their faith. They have brainstormed, talked...
Wednesday Greetings, A lot of us try hard to figure out what it is we have to do to honor, please God.It's kind of basic:... what does the Lord require of you... ... but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God...(Micah 6:8)As Nike would say, "Just do...
Wednesday Greetings, Don't miss it!I was out for a walk this morning. I started thinking about all I had to do. And as I walked by a Palo Verde tree, I heard it shout, "hey, look at me."Well, OK, I'm not sure I heard it say that, but somehow as I walked by it, my thoughts...