Meet Isaiah, Prophet & Poet
Read: Isaiah 1:1-2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. (Isaiah 1:2) When invited to write this month’s reflections, I decided this was an opportune time to undertake a long-held goal, a personal study of Isaiah, and share […]
Devotions for Lent
However you observe this season, we hope that Lent will be a time of growing relationship to Christ.
Faithfulness in the Mundane
Read: Deuteronomy 8:1-18 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. (v. 4) During the national shutdown in response to the coronavirus, I often woke up and wondered, “What day is it?” As the days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, life felt like […]
Never on the Sidelines
Read: Genesis 39:19-40:8 You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. (Gen. 50:20) Every late summer I anticipate receiving an email from the coordinator for my volunteer job at the local elementary school. However, when her communication […]
It’s Who You Know
Read: Philippians 3:7-11 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. (v. 10-11 NIV) I needed to find a dentist to do a root canal. After calling several, my parents […]
No Limit Here
Read: Psalm 147:1-11 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. (v. 5) During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, people felt helpless, and many turned to panic buying. Store shelves were empty of toilet paper, soap, hand sanitizer, and meat. Retailers imposed limits on these important staples as […]
Those “It Just Turned Out” Moments
Read: Ruth 2:1-20 So [Ruth] went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz. (v. 3 NIV) Have you ever heard someone say or even caught yourself saying, “That sure happened to work out?” or “It just turned out […]
Daily Radio in Albania
Nora and her husband live in Korca, Albania—a plateau surrounded by the Moravian mountains. In Korca, they manage a traditional goat farm. Herds of goats in Albania are a source of milk products, meat, and occasionally wool or skins. Nora and her husband work hard, long hours in the fields. She contacted the Words of […]
Used Uniquely
Read: Judges 3:12-30 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. (v. 15) Often God uses what we were born with in unique ways. Being born with cerebral palsy, I have seen this happen […]