Weekly Devo

Why should I listen to you?  To them?  Truth is, that thought goes through my head on the regular when I read or hear something that seems to not ring true.  A little caution flag raised up to warn me there’s possible danger ahead.  Everyone needs a little caution tape in their lives, don’t you think?   So once we’ve […]

I do not think I am in the minority to admit that I don’t answer my personal phone too often.  Only if I recognize the number or the caller ID.  I am so happy to answer a call from my friend or my sister. But I really appreciate the opportunity to be selective about all the calls […]

There have been more than one or two times that my son has said to me something like … “I know you (or Dad or …) have said this before, but today Elizabeth (or Abby or Nathan or …) said the same thing but in a different way, and I understood it.  It really hit home.”  […]

Are there song lyrics, or passages of Scripture, or a section of the Gettysburg Address that you haven’t heard or read lately but when you do, you immediately know the words and find yourself joining the singer/speaker?  I love when it happens “out in the wild” as my nieces say, out in public somewhere where you […]

Every Sunday morning after the worship team does their rehearsal in preparation for that morning’s services, Jason gathers up what is routinely referred to as “the gaggle.” The gaggle includes the staff and volunteers who are serving that morning. They meet together to get a run-through of the service and any last-minute instructions. Jason, our […]

I’ve had the opportunity to read Genesis chapter 1 a few times recently.  It is … PHENOMENAL!  Please pardon my shouting but, well, I can’t help it!  Afterall, it is about the beginning, the very beginning! In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with […]

What comes to mind when you think about God?  About Jesus?  No light-weight question there!  Though worthy of a moment of pondering … What do I think about God? Is God holy, powerful, faithful, merciful, forgiving?  Near?  Far?  Interested in my circumstances, my thoughts, my heart condition?  Big enough, patient enough, and loving enough to hear any question I have, to receive my pleas for […]

What comes into your mind when you think about … supper?  Anticipation of something delicious?  Gratitude that someone else is planning and prepping?  Thanksgiving for the people who will sit with you over the meal? How about … doing something new, something you have not done before?  Like eating sushi?  Or flying across the country by yourself?  Or walking into a […]