5 Nov 2019
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Pretending to Be You
by Pedro S. Silva II Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; Ephesians 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved...
29 Oct 2019
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A Crown to the Aged
Author: Nancy Wade Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. Proverbs 17:6 As a busy single mother in the 1990’s, I was fortunate to live close to my own mother who had been widowed...
22 Oct 2019
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Befriending Your Shadow
Author: Ed Hall “Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” Matthew 7: 3 Scott Jeffrey describes the shadow as “the dark side of our personality because it...
15 Oct 2019
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Called to Trust
Author: Kathy Dansky “Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the Lord your God, am with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9) For my 70th birthday, I decided to...
8 Oct 2019
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Too Many Bibles
Author: Carolyn Gard In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1 While looking for a Bible verse to go with one of my devotionals, I decided I could simply look it up on the Internet. I found an appropriate...
17 Sep 2019
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Too Deep for Words
Author: Amy Ostwald Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of...
10 Sep 2019
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Welcoming the Stranger in our Midst
Author: Anne Weiher Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unaware. Hebrews 13:2 The WISE covenant adopted by our church in 2012 says we will be welcoming, inclusive, supportive,...
3 Sep 2019
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The Journey and the Destination
Author: Rev. Pedro S. Silva II I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to...