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The road is uncharted. The future has not been invented. While the ultimate outcome is guided by providential, magnanimous grace, the path is still being cut out of the rough terrain of the present and near future. We cannot predict every contingency. We cannot foresee nor can we forestall every challenge. Knowing what we know,…

  Peace, Be Still (He  Qi Art) In the boat and in the storm,Though it be anomaly or though it be norm,Tossed and swamped, and dramatized,Sleeps One who cannot be traumatized.Sways to left and rocks to the right.Sun grows dim, land out of sight.It seems He's asleep until He's awakened,That One is still and cannot…

"You have to eat." We have all heard it as if missing a meal would be our death sentence. I know the feeling associated with that statement. I am a lover of food as well as a life-long consumer. I love varieties. I love the way food titillates all of my senses and I love…

You've experienced some losses and now you must find a  "new normal."   "New normal" is not something on anyone's bucket list, but it is a place most of us face at some point.   Facing "new normal" is not just about coping; it is about optimizing.   Optimization is about being and doing what…

Monday (December 12, 2016): Psalm 42; Isaiah 29:17-24; Acts 5:12-16 Tuesday (December 13, 2016): Psalm 42; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Jude 17-25 Wednesday (December 14, 2016): Psalm 42; Zechariah 8:1-17; Matthew 8:14-17, 28-34 Thursday (December 15, 2016): Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; 2 Samuel 7:1-17; Galatians 3:23-29 Friday (December 16, 2016): Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; 2 Samuel 7:18-22; Galatians 4:1-7…

Isaiah 35:1-1035:1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus 35:2 it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the…

Read the Psalm selection from yesterday again. Isaiah 40:1-11 Comfort, comfort my people,    says your God.Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,    and proclaim to herthat her hard service has been completed,    that her sin has been paid for,that she has received from the Lord’s hand    double for all her sins. A voice of one calling:“In the wilderness prepare    the way for the…

Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Of Solomon. Endow the king with your justice, O God,    the royal son with your righteousness.May he judge your people in righteousness,    your afflicted ones with justice. May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,    the hills the fruit of righteousness.May he defend the afflicted among the people    and save the children of the needy;    may he…

Download Advent Readings Avent Readings First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2016 Monday (November 28, 2016): Psalm 124; Genesis 8:1-19; Romans 6:1-11 Tuesday (November 29, 2016): Psalm 124; Genesis 9:1-17; Hebrews 11:32-40 Wednesday (November 30, 2016): Psalm 124; Isaiah 54:1-10; Matthew 24:23-35 Thursday (December 1, 2016): Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Isaiah 4:2-6; Acts 1:12-17, 21-26 Friday…