Painting by Sieger Koder, Washing of Feet By: Diana Shellenberger “Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit as he left the River Jordan (after his baptism). The Spirit led him while he was in the desert where he was tempted by the devil...

Image by Bob Wood By: Dean Keller Those whose faith is in the Lord, will find renewed strength. They will rise up on wings like eagles, they will run and not be weary… Isaiah 40:31 In this season, in this part of Colorado,...

By: Rev. Lorraine E. Leist, MDiv, BCC John 15:12-13, 15 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. I do not call you...

By: Pedro S. Silva II Ephesians 3 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16 I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be...

By: Carolyn Gard Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land. Exodus 14:21 The dictionary defines a miracle as: “an extraordinary event...

By: Larry Dansky “Christmas is often described as a festival for children. Who among us is not a child or has not been a child. The child in us is always alive; maybe we have not had enough time to take care of the child within us. It...

By: Diana Shellenberger Awake. Watch. Expect great things to happen. Because the Christ Light is coming. As the darkest day of the year approaches, and the land grows still and sterile, we await a birth. This is the order of things,...

By: Rev. Joanne Buchanan-Brown Sharon's Christmas Prayer She was five, sure of the facts, and recited them with slow solemnity convinced every word was revelation. She said they were so poor they had only peanut...

By: Nancy Wade “Don’t let any of it get to you. Let all of today wash over you like warm water at a spa in Imaginaryland. Everything is going to be fine.” Sam Sifton, What to Cook, New York Times, Thanksgiving Day 2018 It’s...

By: Carolyn Gard "...making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding...then you will...find the knowledge of God." Proverbs...