- Training for a Miracle Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching. - Hebrews 10:24-25
- Attack of the Teenage Diary Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good. - Psalm 25:6-7
- Real Living Virtue is designed to help us appreciate and apprehend life in all its fullness and wonder. Faith, Goodness, Knowledge, Self-Control, Steadfastness, Godliness, and Love are not qualities that lead us away from danger and exhilaration in this world – they actually cause us to engage in the battle for eternity in wonderful and surprising ways.
- Running the Race Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. – I Corinthians 9:24-25
- A Public Display of Affection Next month, on the weekend of July 23-24, Chippewa Township will be holding a commemoration of her 200th anniversary at Wright fields. The weekend will be filled with live music, food vendors, fireworks, games for all ages – and a worship service.
- On Tulips and Trash Heaps ‘The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor.’ — from Hannah’s prayer, 1 Sam. 2:7-8 In early March, we had a couple […]
- Bridges and Hope: Some Things That Are Invisible Are Actually the Most Secure “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”- Hebrews 11:1
- Jesus Here and Now: How Do You Hope Others Will Remember You? “Jesus, already knowing that the Father has given all things into his hands, and that he has come from God and is going back to God, rises from supper. He lays aside his outer garments, takes a towel, and ties it around his waist." - John 13:3-4