Devotion 7-21-21
I wish I had called my parents more often during those busy years of raising our two girls. Mom and Dad didn’t often call me; they waited to hear from
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Weekly Devotion 7-14-21
Our culture suffers from a pervasive feeling that we are never enough, that our work is never enough. We are weary, not just from lack of physical rest, but even
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Devotion 6-30-21
We recently returned to attending the 1115 worship service in person. Although our ministers, church staff, audio visual staff, music staff and singers, bell ringers, etc. (and no doubt many
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Weekly Lay Devotion 6-23-21
Sometimes God astonishes us with the miracles He works in our presence, and at other times He chooses to work miracles more quietly through us. He lets us struggle a
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Weekly Lay Devotion 6-9-21
Fans of the Doctor Who television series are familiar with the TARDIS, the time machine and spacecraft that looks like a small blue telephone booth, but is bigger on the
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Weekly Lay Devotion 6-2-21
One of the mental images that have endured from my reading of The Shack by William P. Young, is of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in a joyful dance
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Weekly Lay Devotion 5-26-21
Although I was raised in the Methodist church, I quit attending once I went away to college. I think that sometimes happens because we haven’t really taken the step to
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Weekly Lay Devotion 5-19-21
Mom was out in the garden picking green beans the morning of Dad’s funeral. It was late July, and the garden was in full swing, with vegetables ripe for the
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Weekly Lay Devotion 5-12-21
Miracles and stories where persistence pays off – that thing we longed for and prayed for is, against all odds, granted – can sometimes be hard to hard to hear
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Weekly Lay Devotion 5-5-21
Scripture Verse: But Jesus said to them, “There’s no need to send them away. You give them something to eat.” Matthew 14: 16 (CEB) Library food distribution. UFO (You Feed
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