Devotionals
All About Agnes
Agnes was born to an Albanian family living in Macedonia. When she was just eight years old her father died, and her mother opened an embroidery shop in order to support the family. At the age of eighteen Agnes joined a convent in Ireland, and at nineteen was assigned to serve a parish in Calcutta,… Read More
Devotionals, Educational
The Little Boy In The Woods
Once upon a time a little boy lived with his father in a cabin in the woods. On the other side of the woods the boy’s grandmother lived in a small white house surrounded by a neat, white picket fence. There was a road around the woods, but they boy had been told NEVER to… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
Quiet Time
He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” (Mark 6:31 HCSB) These days of “social distancing” create a wonderful opportunity to practice a daily quiet time. Here are a few thoughts to help you organize that time profitably. Read five Psalms each day, beginning with the Psalm that… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
MAYA
Raymond Loewy was arguably the most well-known industrial designer of the 20th century. He designed the Shell and Exxon logos, the U.S. Post Office logo, the GG-1 railroad locomotive, the Studebaker Avanti and the slim design of the Coke bottle. He designed the paint scheme for Air Force One with President John F. Kennedy…powder blue on… Read More
Devotionals
Confidence Through the Storm
” I will sing to the Lord Because He has treated me so generously.” (Ps. 13:6 HCSB) Ahithophel was a traitor. Initially King David’s chief counsel, he sided with David’s rebellious son Absolom in trying to overthrow the kingdom. Over a four year period Absolom gradually gained the confidence of the people, then established a new… Read More
Devotionals
Trusting Through adversity
“Many adversities come to the one who is righteous,but the Lord delivers him from them all”. (Ps 34:19 HCSB) “Help!!! Help!! Someone help me find my son!!” The young mother’s frantic screams could be heard above the roar of the flames, which by now completely engulfed the wood frame house. Suddenly a six-year old face appeared at… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
The Need for Nourishment
Taste and see that the Lord is good.How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him! (Ps. 34:8 HCSB) This morning I noticed something interesting at the birdhouse in our back yard. There were cardinals (both male and female), chickadees, bluejays, doves and sparrows ALL nibbling on birdseed either ON or just below the birdhouse. They… Read More
Church Choir, Church Orchestra, Devotionals, Worship
Press On
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal…(Phil 3:13 NIV) Several years ago I bought a motorcycle, but I needed some advice on coordinating clutch and gas. So I asked my friend Jim, who had logged over 100,000 miles on his Harley. His response was… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
Shepherds Keeping Watch
In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.(Luke 2: 8) In Kathie Lee Gifford’s book “The Rock, The Road and the Rabbi”, Rabbi Jason Sobel describes the shepherds of that first Christmas night: “ I believe these were no ordinary shepherds. They were Levitical… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
Milk and Honey
And I have promised you that I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt to …a land flowing with milk and honey. (Ex. 3:17) After four hundred years of living in Egypt, with the latter days characterized by slavery and brutality, God promised Israel that He would bring them to a land “flowing with milk… Read More