Weekly Devotion 2-3-22
“Why do you do that?” I knew this question would come. How I am spending my days now – working part-time here at CUMC, but working many more hours as
Continue reading“Why do you do that?” I knew this question would come. How I am spending my days now – working part-time here at CUMC, but working many more hours as
Continue readingFaith, healing, and teaching. Those came out as my top three spiritual gifts, when I took a spiritual gifts inventory last week. My first response to the results was to
Continue readingTurning water to wine to keep the wedding party going. That was the “first of his miraculous signs Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee.” I find that curious. Why would
Continue readingWe would like to recognize one of our ESL students, Kieu Trinh Nguyen, for her outstanding dedication to learning English. Despite needing to take breaks from ESL classes due to
Continue readingFor the second consecutive year, our real Christmas tree rang in the new year a dried and brittle mess. We’re not new to the process of keeping a Christmas tree
Continue readingI heard the disquieting rattle of the keys at the prison cell door. They startled me from my fitful sleep. Three North Vietnamese guards walked into the cell; they chuckled.
Continue readingIn Matt Rawle’s book, The Heart That Grew Three Sizes: Finding Faith in the Story of The Grinch, he explores the faith themes in that iconic Christmas classic, How the
Continue readingTo keep our Christmas tree last year from becoming a brittle heap of needles on the floor before Christmas even arrived, we had to give our tree an IV. Christmas
Continue readingDear Church, On this Thanksgiving Day, we are invited to consider the blessings we have received from God. There are passages of scriptures that can guide us in our offering
Continue readingA neighbor dropped the boy off at the curb outside the local hospital, pointing him to the door he should use to walk into the building, where he would have
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