secretary Needing Refugio View in browser October 20, 2022 Needing Refugio Talitha Arnold You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “Mi refugio and my fortress…” – Psalm 91:1-2 (NRSV) Refugio. I think it’s one of the loveliest words in Spanish. … Read more
Long Division View in browser October 19, 2022 Long Division Matt Laney “Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on, a household will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother.” – … Read more
Numbing Effect View in browser October 18, 2022 Numbing Effect Kenneth Samuel Take notice you senseless ones among the people… Does [the God] who fashioned the ear not hear? Does [the God] who formed the eye not see? – Psalm 94:8-9 (NIV) My favorite superhero is Spiderman. “Spider-sense” is amazing. Originating as a tingling feeling … Read more
Daily Devotional for Small Group Discussion: Answers Blowin’ in the (Whirl)Wind? View in browser October 17, 2022 Answers Blowin’ in the (Whirl)Wind? Naomi Washington-Leapheart Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and … Read more
Excited Delirium View in browser October 15, 2022 Excited Delirium Chris Mereschuk Immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met [Jesus]. He lived among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any more, even with a chain. – Mark 5:2-3 (NRSVUE) “A2. Three County Fairgrounds. 25-year-old male. Medical Emergency.” The emergency … Read more
Worthless Servant View in browser October 14, 2022 Worthless Servant Mary Luti “When you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.’” – Luke 17:10 (ISV) Most families in his remote mountain parish were mired in generational poverty. The … Read more
Is God Dead? View in browser October 13, 2022 Is God Dead? Molly Baskette For to this end we toil and struggle, because we have our hope set on the living God, who saves all people. – 1 Timothy 4:10 (NRSVA, adapted) The Rev. Dr. William Barber II of the Poor People’s Campaign tells this … Read more
Where Help Comes From View in browser October 12, 2022 Where Help Comes From Vicki Kemper I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. – Psalm 121:1-2 (NRSV) I lift up my eyes to my car, broken down in … Read more
The Realm of God is Like a Renaissance Fair View in browser October 11, 2022 The Realm of God is Like a Renaissance Fair John Edgerton Jesus said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket, or under the bed, and not on the lampstand? For there is nothing … Read more