“Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command!” – Psalms 148:7-8 Some of you may […]
“He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am […]
Last Saturday morning, I was fortunate to run in a chilly 5K in Elizabeth City for Albemarle Hopeline. It was a blessing to share the run with Pastor Bill Blake […]
“Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I […]
Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident. – Psalm 27:3 This verse from Sunday’s psalter […]
“Instead, we commend ourselves as ministers of God in every way. We did this with our great endurance through problems, disasters, and stressful situations. We went through beatings, imprisonments, and […]
Jesus was a channel of peace for the disciples. He modeled it, preached it, taught it, and lived it, and the words we have through the holy scriptures provide us […]
“Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also […]
The words of Sunday’s lesson from Psalm 147 seem fitting for the colder temperatures appearing on our weather forecasts this week: God spreads snow like it was wool;God scatters frost […]