The poet Robert Frost once described his initial joy in making a poem as “The surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I knew.” In his poem, “Directive,” Frost describes a grief that is enormous and incomprehensible. It tells of how the carefully built...
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength” – Philippians 4:13 The Prison of Addiction One of my favorite books in the Bible is Philippians. Besides the fact that it is referred to as the “Book of Joy” it is also my favorite book because Paul...
So church buildings are locked. How strange…how scary. This virus has taken away so much of what we took for granted—going to worship, going to work, going to the mall, having coffee with the neighbors. In so many ways we need to adjust to our new reality—including not going...
It is Saturday. For Jesus’ disciples, the Sabbath. The cross is empty. And so it seems are their lives and their hopes. There is only silence, so deafening they can not only feel but hear the fear in their thumping hearts. We can only imagine this day between—because the gospels are...
It's Friday, and that means STORYTIME! Here are some resources families can use at home: Easter Family Activities Easter Story for Preschool Bible Story - The Empty Tomb KidStuff for Friday KidStuff for Easter Remember to join us online for worship on Good Friday and Easter Sunday! We have a...
In our current situation, I find myself cleaning my house with more detail than usual. I want to clean all those germs away, especially with all of us staying home! When I was growing up we had Saturday chores. My mom would put records on the stereo, turn up the volume and we would each do the...
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without righteousness. – Proverbs: 16:8 It was in 1968 when astronauts took the iconic picture Earthrise from the surface of the moon. Despite tremendously unsettled and upsetting times, assassinations and the horrors of the...
Many years ago during a Bible class I was teaching an elderly woman spoke of the loss of a loved one—a long period of time when her grief was so deep that she could not bring herself even to pray the Lord’s Prayer. But then she went on to say that, even so, she trusted and was...
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer. – Romans 12:12 As I sit at my kitchen table which has become my office, I find myself beginning to adjust to this new reality. My roommate and I have come up with a schedule to help bring some normalcy and routine to each...
Today’s devotion is storytime! Today we’ll hear the story of Palm Sunday, with a very special guest star joining us from the prop room! I can’t wait to see how you will create a palm to wave on Palm Sunday. – Pastor Sara Here are some things for you to use at...