By: Amy Ostwald The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. Matthew 6:22 (New Revised Standard Version) I was fortunate to celebrate my 60th birthday this year by spending a...

Photo:  The River, by John August Swanson By: Diana Shellenberger “Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to...

By: Nancy Wade 15 However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you: 16 You will be cursed in the...

By: Deborah Voss Psalm 42 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? My tears have been my food day and...

By: Wes LeMasurier If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever – the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees...

By: Carolyn Gard For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Having been to yet another memorial service, I got to thinking about...

By: Charley Rastle Our lives are an amazing journey. For much of my life, I just followed the stream, reacted to situations, and was swept along. As I got older, I became more interested in how I lived my life, how I was responding to...

By: Larry Dansky Psalm 63 O Love, you are my Beloved, and I long for you My soul thirsts for you All that is within me thirsts As in a dry and barren land with no water. So I have called out to You in my heart, Sensing your power...

By: Karen Hoover Ephesians 6:10-16 Like many, I’ve been working hard to maintain my equilibrium in the face of all the change that is hemorrhaging out of our nation’s capital. But then came the horrifying news that...

By: Andrew Cone Andrew Cone was part of the group of confirmands this year. As part of their commitment to the church, each of our youth in this confirmation class was asked to write a statement of faith. Several confirmands shared...