Weekly Devo

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 […]

Ladies, I asked a special favor of Abby this week . . . a picture.  Abby is the creative one behind all printed and published materials for our church and, well, I’m like the unashamedly proud aunty.  I am delighted, and, yes, sometimes mystified by her creative talents . . . How does she come up with […]

Do you often consider traveling to the best place you can think of … Hawaii?  The Grand Canyon? The Mediterranean?  The Alps?  The Great Wall of China?  During my teens I decided I most wanted to visit the Egyptian pyramids.  I’d developed that interest after doing a hefty school project on the country of Egypt.  It just seemed so very different […]

I love a good summary statement.  I’m not thinking of the college entrance essay sort of summary statement that has many a potential Freshman quaking in their boots.  This morning I’m thinking more of the one sentence that sums up what I’ve just read or heard or felt.  Or what I desire.   I remember being asked years ago […]