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2 04, 2021

Amazing Eternal Love

2021-04-02T10:08:01-05:00April 2nd, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

God, The Scripture describes you in human terms as one who gets angry, has compassion, rejoices, and grieves. I believe that to be true. You proved it when you became flesh and lived as one of us. So I can only imagine how you felt on that Friday, that day we remember today. What was it like to watch him be denied by those he loved so much, humiliated by the crowd, tortured? Could you have saved him? I suppose you could not change the minds and hearts of those who were a part of that violence and sadistic torture. You made that decision at [...]

2 04, 2021

April 2: Good Friday

2021-04-02T09:03:14-05:00April 2nd, 2021|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|0 Comments

Center yourself on today's reflection by lighting a candle and reciting this breath prayer: Inhale - Speak, Lord Exhale - for your servants are listening. Reflection Practice Read the passage three times aloud. In between each reading, pause and meditate on the words that stuck out to you, and rest in God's presence. John 19:13-30 13 When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat on the judge’s bench at a place called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha. 14 Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon. He [...]

1 04, 2021

April 1: Maundy Thursday

2021-04-01T08:18:50-05:00April 1st, 2021|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|0 Comments

Center yourself on today's reflection by lighting a candle and reciting this breath prayer: Inhale - Speak, Lord Exhale - for your servants are listening. Reflection Practice: Read the passage three times aloud. In between each reading, pause and meditate on the words that stuck out to you, and rest in God's presence. John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had [...]

31 03, 2021

March 31: Holy Week Day 3

2021-03-31T08:12:02-05:00March 31st, 2021|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|0 Comments

Center yourself on today's reflection by lighting a candle and reciting this breath prayer: Inhale - Speak, Lord Exhale - for your servants are listening. Reflection Practice: Read the passage three times aloud. In between each reading, pause and meditate on the words that stuck out to you, and rest in God's presence. John 13:21-32 21 After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. 23 One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was [...]

30 03, 2021

March 30: Holy Week Day 2

2021-03-30T08:08:44-05:00March 30th, 2021|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|0 Comments

Center yourself on today's reflection by lighting a candle and reciting this breath prayer: Inhale - Speak, Lord Exhale - for your servants are listening. Reflection Practice: Read the passage three times aloud. In between each reading, pause and meditate on the words that stuck out to you, and rest in God's presence. John 12:27-36 27 “Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, [...]

29 03, 2021

March 29: Holy Week Day 1

2021-03-30T08:11:37-05:00March 29th, 2021|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|1 Comment

Over the last several weeks, we have journeyed together through the patterns that lead us back to God — conviction, confession, repentance, and forgiveness. Now, we have arrived at Holy Week, the time that marks Jesus’ final days on earth.  This week we will soak in Scripture and contemplation. Each day you will receive a Scripture passage. Read it 3 times aloud pausing in between to rest in God’s presence. You may feel invited to journal or pray. You will close with a time of intercessory prayer for our community, our world, our church, and our personal concerns. It [...]

26 03, 2021

Wholehearted!

2021-03-26T09:26:58-05:00March 26th, 2021|All blogs, Inside-Out with Dr. Tom Pace|0 Comments

Dear God, Today, I thank you for my hands. They are full of possibility and threat. Fingernails bitten in anxiety, crepe paper wrinkles I never saw before, callouses, a scar and gash or two, wedding ring an enduring fixture, veins popping through, lifelines and health lines… What shall I do with the hands you have given me? This week, I can use these hands to wave palm branches to celebrate you. I can use these hands to do your work, to feed the hungry, to comfort the grieving, to hold the hands of the fearful, to put to paper [...]

26 03, 2021

March 26: The Forgiver and the Forgiven

2021-03-26T09:25:31-05:00March 26th, 2021|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|0 Comments

Peggy Roe, member since 1970; Board of Trustees. Center yourself on today's reflection by lighting a candle and reciting this breath prayer: Inhale - Blessed be the Lord, day by day Exhale - the God who bears our burdens. Micah 7:18 “Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency.” Reflection: Micah was not only an early prophet (800 BCE) but also one who witnessed another chapter in Israel’s long history of political upheaval, subjection to [...]

25 03, 2021

March 25: The Gift of Going Home

2021-03-25T07:58:52-05:00March 25th, 2021|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|0 Comments

Chrissie Prichard, Member since 2007, Staff Parish Relations Committee member, Outreach Commission member Center yourself on today's reflection by lighting a candle and reciting this breath prayer: Inhale - In the morning when we rise Exhale - may your image shine in us. Luke 15:11-24 (CEB) Jesus said, “A certain man had two sons. 12 The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the inheritance.’ Then the father divided his estate between them. 13 Soon afterward, the younger son gathered everything together and took a trip to a land far away. There, he wasted [...]

24 03, 2021

March 24: Stepping into the Light

2021-03-24T08:01:50-05:00March 24th, 2021|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|0 Comments

Joseph Patty, Associate Director of Student Ministries Center yourself on today's reflection by lighting a candle and reciting this breath prayer: Inhale - Though the darkness covers me Exhale - I will remember your light. John 3:19-21 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen [...]

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