secretary Confessions of a Control Freak View in browser November 12, 2023 Confessions of a Control Freak Julie Payne Britton The sparrow has found its home at last, the swallow a nest for its young on your altars, YHWH Sabaoth, My Sovereign, my God! – Psalm 84:3 (Inclusive Bible) I’m one of those people … Read more
To the Musician: Diss Track View in browser November 11, 2023 To the Musician: Diss Track Chris Mereschuk Let those who seek my life be ashamed and humiliated! Let them fall back and be disgraced—those people who delight in my downfall! Let those who say, “Aha! Aha!” stop because of their shameful behavior. – … Read more
Rooted View in browser November 9, 2023 Rooted Liz Miller Be rooted and built up in Christ, be established in faith, and overflow with thanksgiving. – Colossians 2:7 (CEB) Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is home to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Nestled among miles of towering sandstone cliffs along the lakeshore is the craggy island of Chapel … Read more
Enough for Today View in browser November 8, 2023 Enough for Today Vicki Kemper “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” – Matthew 6:34 (NRSVUE) Privileged person that I am, hopeful person that I am, person of faith that I am, I … Read more
Much-Needed Voices View in browser November 7, 2023 Much-Needed Voices Kenneth Samuel Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. – Psalm 107:2 (KJV) So much public discourse is dominated by extreme voices. Outrageous expressions are the ones that get the most hits and the most likes and the most attention online. Internet platforms are … Read more
Daily Devotional for Small Group Discussion: Deterring Wickedness View in browser November 6, 2023 Deterring Wickedness Molly Baskette For the wicked are found among my people. They lie in wait like hunters; destroyers, they catch humans. They know no limits in deeds of wickedness; they do not judge with justice the cause of the orphan, … Read more
Lower Power View in browser November 5, 2023 Lower Power Mary Luti Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls. – Psalm 42:7 (NIV) The Bible says God is “up there.” God reigns on high. God goes up to joyful shouts. Raise your eyes to heaven. Lift your hearts to God. God is … Read more
Tower of Babel View in browser November 4, 2023 Tower of Babel Donna Schaper So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there … Read more
Unfailing Forever Love View in browser November 3, 2023 Unfailing Forever Love Martha Spong O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. – Psalm 107:1 (NRSVUE) God’s steadfast love endures forever. It’s a reassuring thought, an encouraging promise, a phrase that rings in my ears in times … Read more
A Spirituality of Subtraction View in browser November 2, 2023 A Spirituality of Subtraction Matt Laney “Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” – Matthew 19:24 (NRSV) Marie Kondo became a TV … Read more