PENTECOST XVIII September 22, 2024 “Getting A New Heart” He came running down the hospital corridor, his face alight with joy, calling out, “I’m getting a new heart! I’m getting a new heart!” And nurses, doctors, aides, orderlies, everyone stopped, breaking into huge smiles, and bending over to hug andRead More →
PENTECOST XVI September 8, 2024 “Small But Mighty” “Enjoy the little things in life. Someday you may look back and realize they were the big things.” I read this little quote a number of years ago, and the spirit of it has stayedRead More →
PENTECOST XV September 1, 2024 “Our Creator and Savior” I lift up my eyes to the hills — from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your footRead More →
PENTECOST XIV August 25, 2024 “All I Really Need to Know . . .” It’s back to school time, and whether there’s a student in your family or circle of friends and acquaintances, there is a sense of change, something of a shift in theRead More →
PENTECOST XI August 4, 2024 “Never Hungry, Never Thirsty” These summer months are often the times of families getting together, whether for an organized reunion or because of an important life event: a wedding, baptism, birthday or anniversary. It’s also quite predictable that memories ofRead More →
PENTECOST X July 28, 2024 “Living Our Values and Ideals” Have you noticed that every now and then something catches your attention, reminding you of the concerns and limitations that accompanied the pandemic years? At times, it’s felt to me that the problems we dealtRead More →
PENTECOST IX July 21, 2024 “O Lord, Hear Our Prayer” Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; whereRead More →
PENTECOST VII, July 7, 2024 “The Truth Will Make You Free” “Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:31-32 It’sRead More →
PENTECOST III June 9, 2024 “God’s House . . . Our Home” Most of us have our little routines, such as the routes we take going to work, school, church (of course!) or other errands. These areas become so familiar to us that if something changes,Read More →
PENTECOST II June 2, 2024 “Nothing Can Separate Us from the Love of God” If God is for us, who is against us? Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Read More →