Make New Life Possible with Giving

Apr 5, 2015 | Devotions

Here’s a thoughtful reflection on Luke 24:13-34, the encounter with Jesus on the Emmaus Road.  It was written by Annemarie Klassen and submitted by Sheryl Johnson. “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was...

Song of Yourself

Apr 4, 2015 | Devotions | 2 comments

Today’s Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-8 8Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. (NRSV) Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) “Song of Myself” by Walt...

Good Friday Prayer: the hosannas have died away

Apr 3, 2015 | Devotions

Today’s Scripture: John 19:17-18 17And carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. 18There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them....

The Suffering Servant

Apr 2, 2015 | Devotions

Today’s Scripture: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 53:4 Surely he has borne our infirmities    and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken,    struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,    crushed for our iniquities; upon him...

Fool’s Day is Every Day

Apr 1, 2015 | Devotions | 2 comments

Today’s Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 20Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God...

For the Greater Joy

Mar 31, 2015 | Devotions

Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,2looking to Jesus the...