8 Mar 2022
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The Eye of the Needle
Author: Bob von Trebra Luke 18:18-27 A certain ruler asked , “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the...
1 Mar 2022
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Courage in Love
Author: Nicole Speer There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear… ~1 John 4:18 Last night, Russia’s sociopathic dictator started bombing cities across Ukraine, killing innocent people and traumatizing millions of...
22 Feb 2022
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A Life-Sustaining Resource
Author: Amy Ostwald Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy. You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is...
15 Feb 2022
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Praise God While Walking the Dogs
Author: Kea Giles I spend a lot of time out walking my dogs, and as I walk, I am often in conversation with God, even if it’s just about little things. One day, soon after I came back to church after a hiatus of 20 years, I was out...
8 Feb 2022
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Growing in Faith
Author: Bob von Trebra Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you...
1 Feb 2022
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The Four Hole Swamp
Author: Nancy Stevens You can’t find firm footing in a swamp, but life rooted in God stands firm Proverbs 12:3 My grandparents had a cotton farm near the Four Hole Swamp in South Carolina. We had moved up...
25 Jan 2022
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Conversation
Author -Rick Kron “It seems to me that the good Lord in his infinite wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of these was dogs.” -Robyn Davidson, Australian writer...
18 Jan 2022
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Faith Without Doubt
Betsy Barrett Ephesians 3:17 May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. In my teens I struggled to understand God and wanted to know how to find God. In my struggles I finally sat...
11 Jan 2022
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Rooted in Love, Growing Together
Author: Julie Graf Frye I part the out-thrusting branches and come in beneath the blessed and the blessing trees. Though I am silent there is singing around me. Though I am dark there is vision around...
4 Jan 2022
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Considerations in the New Year
Author: Eric Malmborg The new year is a time to create resolutions or goals to focus on. It is a time to make sure we’re doing all we can to improve our physical or financial health. As a member of the committee on the Ministry of...