secretary Daydream Believer View in browser December 8, 2022 Daydream Believer Rachel Hackenberg When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouths filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy. – Psalm 126:1-2a (NRSV) Is it better to dream or to be practical? To envision a … Read more
If, Then View in browser December 7, 2022 If, Then Vicki Kemper God, change our circumstances for the better, like dry streams in the desert waste! Let those who plant with tears reap the harvest with joyful shouts. Let those who go out crying and carrying their seed, come home with joyful shouts, carrying bales … Read more
Disoriented View in browser December 6, 2022 Disoriented Ann Kansfield “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For God wounds, but God also binds up; God injures, but God’s hands also heal. From six calamities God will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.” … Read more
Hornblower View in browser December 4, 2022 Hornblower Quinn Caldwell “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for she has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his servant David.” – Luke 1:68-69 (NRSV) Raising up a “mighty savior” would be … Read more
Daily Devotional for Small Group Discussion: Really Ready View in browser December 5, 2022 Really Ready Kenneth Samuel “The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “But who will be able to endure it when he comes? For he will be like a … Read more
Candles in the Night View in browser December 3, 2022 Candles in the Night Talitha Arnold “By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of … Read more
Hood and Holy View in browser December 2, 2022 Hood and Holy Naomi Washington-Leaphart The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, generous inside and out, true from start to finish. – John 1:14 (The Message) To … Read more
When the Bad News Is the Good News View in browser December 1, 2022 When the Bad News Is the Good News Matt Laney The day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the … Read more
Lift Your Heads, Again View in browser November 30, 2022 Lift Your Heads, Again Mary Luti “Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” – Luke 21:28 (NRSV) A friend told me she finds Advent frustrating. Every year we lift our heads, stand … Read more
Someone Else’s Time View in browser November 29, 2022 Someone Else’s Time Liz Miller But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. – 2 Peter 3:8 (NRSV) When the work ahead is daunting—whether it is dismantling … Read more