secretary God Has Time View in browser June 12, 2022 God Has Time Kaji Douša “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the way, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” – Luke 24:32 (NRSV) The folks on the road to Emmaus couldn’t recognize Jesus through their disappointment. … Read more
Made for Glory View in browser June 11, 2022 Made for Glory Vicki Kemper When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them … Read more
Very Good/Not Perfect View in browser June 10, 2022 Very Good/Not Perfect Anthony Robinson God saw everything that [God] had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. – Genesis 1:31 (NRSV) Did you ever notice what God says when God is all done creating … Read more
The Worth of Wisdom View in browser June 9, 2022 The Worth of Wisdom Ken Samuel Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. – Proverbs 3:13-14 (NIV) Back in the 1950s a wealthy ship owner received word that one … Read more
Mary Said View in browser June 8, 2022 Mary Said Quinn Caldwell Mary said… – Luke 1:34&38 (NRSV) These are two of the most important words in Scripture. The angel of the Lord comes to Mary to announce what God is proposing for her body, for her fertility, and for her life. It’s a big … Read more
It’s Pride, Y’all! View in browser June 7, 2022 It’s Pride, Y’all! Liz Miller Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far away among the nations and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while in the countries where they have gone. … Read more
Daily Devotional for Small Group Discussion: Toddling View in browser June 6, 2022 Toddling Martha Spong When Israel was a child, I loved them, and out of Egypt I called my child… Yet it was I who walked toddling Ephraim, taking them by their arms; yet they did not know that I healed them. – … Read more
On All Flesh View in browser June 5, 2022 On All Flesh Matt Laney “God declares, ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.’” (Acts 2:17, adapted) God is a Black woman. If that statement gives you pause, use that pause to consider how damaging and dehumanizing an exclusively white male God has been … Read more
Not Done Yet View in browser June 4, 2022 Not Done Yet Mary Luti “But God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear to us who were chosen as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.” – Acts 10: 41 (NRSV) The Last Supper … Read more
In Such a Time View in browser June 3, 2022 In Such a Time Talitha Arnold May the glory of the Lord endure forever. – Psalm 104:31 (NRSV) Several years ago, I joined a 21-day do-it-yourself raft trip through the Grand Canyon. Every day everyone loaded the boats, rowed, set up camp, cooked, cleaned, and … Read more