Word for the Year 2024: Self-Care
There is a story of two loggers who had a competition to see who could cut the most wood in a day. One logger (John) worked feverishly throughout the day, while the other logger (Bill) was found to stop his
Words for the Year: Risk
Throughout Advent until Epiphany, I read a devotional entitled, Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas. In the introduction the author writes, “If the essence of Advent is expectancy, it is also readiness for action: watchfulness for every opening,
Word of the Year 2024
In the village of Sobier in Haiti, a person can stand at the edge of the village and look down on the greenish-blue waters of the Caribbean Sea. The beauty of the refreshing waters invites us to make the trek
Christ Candle
Written By Matt Henson Read Luke 2:1-20 For many years in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s, my dad sang in a Gospel Group with a gifted pianist and song writer named Juanita Atkinson. She wrote a song
Love…
Written by Brian Shimer Pray together — Lord Jesus, born at Christmas we offer today’s devotional time to you. Come join our family circle. Meet us in our thoughts, prayers, discussions. And help us draw closer to you in order for
Great Joy Devotional
written by Brother Wade Paschal. READ Luke 2:9-11 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the
Peace Advent Devotion
Light the First and Second Advent candle Read John 14:25-27, “I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything
In This Will I Hope
Lamentations 3:21-25 Advent Devotion Stephen Rankin Light the first Advent candle as you read Lamentations 3:21-25 The Christian faith is full of paradox. We gain life by losing it. We live by dying. We receive through giving. This passage from