by Blog Admin | May 11, 2017 | Word from the Directors
“Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father...
by Blog Admin | Apr 13, 2017 | Devotion
At times I make the mistake of seeing those in need as somehow less than or as “others.” I can acknowledge my place of privilege and, in that privilege, it can be easy to offer help to the poor or to the oppressed out of pity. During this Easter season, I have been...
by Blog Admin | Mar 31, 2017 | Pastor's Blog
The biblical narrative of Joseph highlights the failings of a “justice” system that are still present today. Starting in Genesis 39, there is a story about a guy named Joseph. He was his father’s favorite child, and because most of the fathers in the Bible...
by Blog Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Devotion
“The wolf will romp with the lamb, the leopard sleep with the kid. Calf and lion will eat from the same trough, and a little child will tend them. Cow and bear will graze the same pasture, their calves and cubs grow up together, and the lion eat straw like the ox. The...
by Blog Admin | Jul 27, 2016 | Word from the Directors
When the Israelites began their return from exile in Babylon to their native Jerusalem in the 6th century B.C., many of those who returned wept out of sorrow rather than joy. These men and women were overwhelmed by the fact that their homeland, Jerusalem, and the...
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