In the Day of New Beginnings, our choices are clear and possible. Continue reading

The apex of it all is the coming of God in scruffy diapers, vulnerable and tiny. Flowing from that is the reality and hope that we can take up our mantles, follow him, and change the world. Continue reading

Trust makes us strong because it starts with our need, which implies a certain weakness without the one we trust. God surrounds us. He is like an exoskeleton which fortifies us and protects us from evil. Continue reading

Today's Devotional Meditations, Music, and Video of This Morning's Service Third Sunday of Advent: My Soul Magnifies the Lord “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord …” – Luke 1:46 The Magnificat remains one of the most glorious… Continue reading

    A while back, I had just finished listening to Matthew in the New Living Translation. Listening to the bible is a valuable experience because we hear the words the way most of the early Jews and Christians heard… Continue reading

Photo by Edurne Chopeitia on Unsplash   The psalms are full of paradox; that is why I love them and relate to them so.   In the same breath: "God, you beat me up badly" and "God, you have always… Continue reading

  The Choice to Rejoice "Yet" is a powerful word.  "Yet I will rejoice," is a powerful statement of faith and obedience in defiance of our circumstance. Habakkuk 3:13-19 (NRSV) You came forth to save your people,to save your anointed.You… Continue reading

Photo by MIL-TECH PHARMA LTD on Unsplash Habakkuk 3:2-6 (New Revised Standard Version) O Lord, I have heard of your renown,and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.In our own time revive it;in our own time make it… Continue reading

Sow in Tears; Reap in Joy! Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash Psalm 126 A Song of Ascents. When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,we were like those who dream.Then our mouth was filled with laughter,and our tongue with… Continue reading

  The presence of God is a place of beauty and wonder for all who enter in. When we are divorced from God's presence, it is profound ugliness and sorrow. Restoration of that relationship is the primary message of God's… Continue reading