Author: John Bisceglia Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom...

Author: Nicole Speer There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. ~1 John 4:18 People who were with the church at the start of the year will remember the Epiphany gifts from the Stewardship Committee. Being on the...

Author: Martha Palmer     http://survivingchurch.org/2019/09/05/who-is-my-enemy-when-the-church-needs-to-listen-better/   Trevor Hudson, in Questions God Asks Us, has a chapter on God’s question to Cain,...

Author: Larry Dansky   “Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit as he left the Jordan River. The Spirit led him while he was in the desert, where he was tempted by the devil for 40 days.” - Luke 4:1-2 “I am not a saint,...

Author: Carolyn Gard  "And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins." Mark 2:22 We have just...

Author: Diana Shellenberger “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each...

Author: Nancy Wade And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water...

Author Pedro Silva   ...Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it...

Author: Carol Young   Has the violence of the past month or year shaken you to the core? Have you prayed every day – sometimes more than once – for an end to gun violence- for the victims, their families, their communities,...

Author: Larry Dansky   “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” From the Tao “Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.   I’ve...