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June 30 Psalm 143:7-8 Trusting God for Guidance When have you felt overwhelmed and needed God’s help?
Read MoreJune 29 Mark 14:32-36 God’s Will, Not Ours How do you discover God’s will and follow it?
Read MoreJune 28 1 Kings 3:5-9 Praying for a Discerning Mind Why are wisdom and understanding such valuable gifts?
Read MoreJune 27 Ephesians 1:16-19 Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart How do you perceive God’s wisdom and revelation?
Read MoreJune 26 Psalm 25:4-5 Waiting for Wisdom When have you had to wait for insight and understanding? During my last semester of divinity school, I was in search of a church to call me as a pastor. As I looked at the descriptions of a number of congregations, I saw that they were searching for a minister with at least ten years of experience.
Read MoreThe Light in the Darkness… Here we are at a dark time – I don’t mean today – I mean about 4-6 BC in Judea (now Israel). It is occupied by the Romans, a first-ever census has been ordered requiring all to return to their ancestral homes (What about my job? No work, no income…), and Joseph is taking a 70-mile trek with his ‘nine-month pregnant Virgi...
Read MoreThe Birth Announcement We love to receive birth announcements. It is exciting to see the baby’s full name, day of birth, length, and weight. These days they even come with a picture. The birth announcement in the scripture reading arrived seven hundred and forty two years before the birth. There was no prediction of when the birth would actually t...
Read MoreAs humans, negative experiences weigh heavily on us. Oftentimes, it is easier to list things that didn’t happen that we wanted, or bad things that happened rather than the good. Even one small bad thing, can seemingly ruin an otherwise beautiful day. We are so fortunate to live for and be loved by God, yet we so easily dismiss the little wins, or...
Read MoreHannah's Prayer Hannah had lived the start of her adult life, languishing and living in the shadow of depression, waiting to conceive a child, that never came. In a final desperate bargain with God, she prayerfully committed her personal life to God, and that of her yet–to-be-born son to the priesthood, if God would grant her a child. From the day...
Read MoreThe Magnificat This passage from Luke is sometimes referred to as “Mary’s Song of Praise.” In the early Catholic church, it was incorporated into the liturgy and remains so today as part of the service of the “Visitation,” marking Mary’s visit to her cousin, Elizabeth. When each heard that the other was expecting a child, they rejoiced. It seems t...
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