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Concerning a Dodge Caravan … and Hope

Email Devotion For The Week Of Easter 3 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. (Romans 12:12, NRSV) We were the only two people in the building who were crying … literally … the only two of the dozens of people surrounding us at the local CarMax showroom. We were signing over the…

Jesus Christ Superstar Revisited

Email Devotion For The Week Of Easter 2 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. (Mark 14:10) A week ago Sunday, I gathered with nine and a half million of my best friends to watch Jesus Christ Superstar on NBC TV. I have…

A Tale of Two Hugs

Email Devotion For The Week Following Easter Rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight. (1 Peter 3:4) God works in mysterious ways indeed. Last week it was two hugs that I observed given and received by…

The Little Palm Cross in My Hand

Email Devotion For Holy Week Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. (Mark 11:8) Church is over and I am collecting the leftover palms from the usher tables, so that I can wrap them up and save them for next year and…

The Blessing of an Egg Sandwich

Email Devotion Week Of Lent 5 By Brendan Armitage “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” (James 1: 2-3) It’s buttery. Just eggs and bread, mind you, but good quality of both, and fresh. Somehow, in…

Fooling Yourself

Email Devotion Week Of Lent 4 It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves. (C.S. Lewis from Mere Christianity) Oh so true … so very, very true … isn’t that always the way? We are quick to take…

Water People

EMAIL DEVOTION week of LENT 3 Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. (John 3:5) So if you are not sure what those little buggers are in the cover picture … well … they are earthworms. More properly, they “were”…

Our Father ….

EMAIL DEVOTION week of LENT 2 ‘Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:9-10) The end of the month often finds me finishing my home communion visits. They are one of the blessings I enjoy in parish…

I’m Especially Fond of You

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL week of Epiphany 5 Papa: Mack, you may not know this, but I am especially fond of you. This brief dialogue is from the movie, The Shack. It is part of a conversation between the movie’s main character, Mack … and God … who Mack calls Papa because it is the way his…

Strong Christmas Christians

We welcome back to our devotional table Brendan Armitage, who offers this week’s reflection as a spiritual close to the Christmas season, which ended ten days ago on the day of Epiphany. Thank you, Brendan! Merry Christmas to you! When a child is born, they’re delicate and precious. You want to hold and nurture and protect…