Christmas Love Came Down at Christmas Dear readers: This was scheduled to go out several days ago, but it didn't. Sorry for the delay. Happy epiphany! Photo by Mieke Butera* Read: John 1:14 And the Word…
Christmas In the Bleak Midwinter Read: 1 John 4:16b & 19 God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them…We love because [God] first loved us (1…
Advent Calendar 2022 Advent Calendar Readings for 2022 – Week 4 Introduction I hope you are enjoying your Advent calendar. We’re reading a few verses from the Bible each day as we count down until Christmas. This week we’ll finally find…
Advent Calendar 2022 ADVENT CALENDAR 2022 – WEEK 3 Introduction I hope you are enjoying your Advent calendar! We’re reading a few verses from the Bible each day as we count down until Christmas. This week we continue the…
Advent Calendar 2022 Advent Calendar 2022 – Week 2 Introduction I hope you are enjoying your Advent calendar! We’re reading a few verses from the Bible each day as we count down until Christmas Day. This week we…
Advent Calendar 2022 Advent Calendar 2022 – Week 1 Week One: Nov. 27 Introduction I hope you are excited to start your Advent calendar! Each day we will read a few verses from the Bible as we count down…
Advent Calendar 2022 Getting Ready to Wait Read: Luke 2:25-35 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy…
Food for Thought Love On the Menu Read: Proverbs 15:17 Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it (Proverbs 15:17, NRSV). How does the old song go? Over…
Food for Thought Hard to Swallow Read: Ezekiel 2:8-3:3 I looked, and a hand was stretched out to me, and a written scroll was in it. He spread it before me; it had writing on the…
Food for Thought Wedding Gifts Read: John 2:1-11 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited…