Lenten Reflection 3-3-22
Isaiah 65:1-2 “I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am,
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Lenten Reflection 3-2-22
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a long 40 day journey to the cross. A journey of transformation. We wear the ashes as reminders of our mortality and our
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Weekly Devotion 2-23-22
Truth be told, being Facebook friends with my pastor is one of the things that helps me stay kind on social media. Before typing out a quick retort to the
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Weekly Devotion 2-16-22
Sometimes you can’t help where you’ve been planted. Your life is nothing like you thought it would be. You’re still waiting for healing, while others are walking miracles. Relationships you
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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
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Weekly Devotion 1-26-22
Faith, 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
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Weekly Devotion 1-19-22
Turning 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
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Weekly Devotion 1-13-22
We 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
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Weekly Devotion 1-5-22
For 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
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Weekly Devotion 12-22-21
I 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.
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