PENTECOST XIX October 3, 2021 “No Longer Strangers, but Citizens” Little did I know that when I poured a cup of coffee and opened the Mondaypaper, that I would be so uplifted by a column in that day’s edition. But a headline immediately caught my eye: “Immigrants help retirees. SoRead More →
PENTECOST XVIII September 26, 2021 “A Heart in the Right Place” “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thievesRead More →
PENTECOST XVIISeptember 19, 2021“Treasure in Clay Jars” Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord . . . For it is God who said, “Let light shineRead More →
PENTECOST XVI September 12, 2021 “Refuge and Strength” “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the mountains shake . . .” (Psalm 46:1, 2a) This past week, as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were memorialized, theRead More →
PENTECOST XV September 5, 2021 “Listen and Learn” In case you haven’t seen any form of news coverage in the past couple of weeks, guess what — it’s back to school time! I still feel as though I should be off to the store, shopping for school suppliesRead More →
PENTECOST XIV August 29, 2021 “Family Ties” But Ruth said, “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where youRead More →
PENTECOST XIII August 22, 2021 “Healing Mind, Body and Spirit” Somehow, not always intentionally, the idea for a devotional meditation shows up in an unexpected place. This time, the newspaper comics page not only gave me a reason to smile one morning, it had a little message IRead More →
PENTECOST XII August 15, 2021 “Races and Runners” “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, lookingRead More →
PENTECOST XI August 8, 2021 “Finding the Way” Since winter is in the distant past, we’re now enjoying the other season here in the Midwest — construction! Most of us drive on our usual, familiar routes, whether on the way to or from work, taking children to theirRead More →
PENTECOST X August 1, 2021 “Look to the Heavens” “The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.” (Psalm 19:1) The intense hot spell that we’ve been grumbling through recently might bring to mind memories of warm summer days ofRead More →