Author: Rev. Craig Ross

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Lent 2 February 21, 2016 Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’  (Mark 10:51, NRSV)   Do you think about your sight very often?  You use it sixteen ……

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Lent 2 February 21, 2016   You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me. (Exodus 20:5, NRSV)  …

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Lent 1 February 14, 2016 Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.  (Joshua 7:6, NRSV)   We observed Ash Wednesday…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Lent 1 February 14, 2016   For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. (Romans 12:4-5, NRSV)   Only a few…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 5 February 7, 2016   One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ‘There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?’ (John 6:8-9, NRSV)   The game is called “Wink.”  It is…

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Epiphany 4 January 31, 2016     Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.  (1 Timothy 4:12)   Today was Youth Sunday in church.  Remember Youth Sunday from your high school days?  If…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 4 January 31, 2016   In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 1:13, NRSV)   I’m not really a “tatt” kinda guy. …

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Epiphany 3 January 24, 2016 Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. ~~ Allen Saunders              Your lives are constantly interrupted, right?  A call from a friend to meet for coffee … a FB post that invites your response … a text from…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 3 January 24, 2016   Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years..  (Mark 5:25, NRSV)   Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. ~~ Allen Saunders   We all had full plates this weekend, right?  In…

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Epiphany 2 January 17, 2016   And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray.   (Matthew 14:23, NRSV)   Jesus’ life is filled with times when he was with people, and times when he was alone to pray and focus on…