Category: Devotions

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Lent 3 March 8, 2015 Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. (Psalm 17:8, NRSV) The snow invites me to try and fool myself. I look out beyond our porch and see a glistening blanket of white covering our yard,…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Lent 2 March 1, 2015 No one spoke ill of her, for she feared God with great devotion. (Judith 8:8, NRSV) Are you obsessed with watching for the next snowfall that is arriving? Do you know how many inches are predicted? How many weather apps do you have on…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Lent 1 February 22, 2015 His blessing covers the dry land like a river, and drenches it like a flood. (Ecclesiasticus 39:22, NRSV) Well … maybe like a snowfall, instead of a flood. But the truth of the verse remains in that God’s blessings abound. I was struck by…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week following Transfiguration Sunday February 15, 2015 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. (1 Corinthians 13:12, NRSV) Now and not yet … penultimate…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 5 February 8, 2015 Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. (Matthew 19:13, NRSV) They go by the names of Smaug’s Jewels, Nice to Meet You, Yurt Circle, Wink, and Knots. They are permutations of…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 4 February 1, 2015 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. (John 14:27, NRSV) Pray for peace. We say that…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 3 January 25, 2015 Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. (1 Corinthians 16:13, NRSV) I love the fluffy white stuff. Whether it covers the surface thinly or with a greater thickness. Whether it is light and airy, or a bit heavier and dense.…

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Epiphany 2 January 18, 2015 “Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.” Sarah Ban Breathnach (1947- ) From Pocket Positives for Inspiration Maggie Pinkney, compiler Today starts…

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 2 January 18, 2015 Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. (John 17:11, NRSV) It was good to be away … it will be good to get back home. I often find myself…

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week following the Baptism of Our Lord January 11, 2015 “The world is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) From Pocket Positives for Inspiration Maggie Pinkney, compiler You’re back … and its cold … and you enjoyed Christmas break a little too fully … and its…