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Come to me, Lord, I will not speculate how,Nor think at which door I would have thee appear,Nor put off calling till my floors be swept,But cry, "Come, Lord, come any way, come now."Doors, windows, I throw wide, my head I bow,And sit like someone who so long has...

OUR ONE NEED: GOD Not, Lord, because I have done well or ill;Not that my mind looks up to thee clear-eyed;Not that it struggles in fast cerements tied;Not that I need thee daily sorer still;Not that I, wretched, wander from thy will;Not now for any cause to thee I...

Soggy Cereal and Tepid Tea Dear Disciples, this may be my favorite Gerhard Frost poem.  Many times it encouraged me enough to offer my meager gifts in hopes our Lord may find a way to use me.  –Pastor Scott SOGGY CEREAL AND TEPID TEA by Gerhard Frost When I...

GRIEF teaches hard lessons.  In this resurrection season we remember loved ones now entrusted to our Lord’s eternal care.  Our faith gives powerful consolation when we grieve.  Yet, when another dear one departs the grieving continues with another layer...

Faith Gnaws Too This Sunday’s Gospel reading is John 20:19-31 Thomas, the Twin, was one of Jesus’ first twelve disciples.  He sounds like he could have come from Missouri: the ‘Show-Me’ State, as it says on their license plates.  The evening of Easter Sunday the risen...

ATTICS Are you going through an attic or storage space as a project while awaiting liberation?  That always takes me much longer than I think it should.  I get caught up in memories.  Does God speak to us when we reminisce?  Memories can be rich...

DEVOTION – TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020 WE LIVE ON GLIMPSES About 3,900 tigers live in the wild.  Over 5,000 tigers live in captivity in the U.S.  One of the gifts our Lord gives us through the resurrection of Jesus is freedom.  We do not need to save the...

DEVOTION – EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020 What was wrong?  Last month I walked by the closed door where the Seraph Choir was supposed to be practicing, but it was quiet.  Where did they go?  I peeked in the darkened door window.  I saw children in...

Silence Breakers It is quieter these days—less traffic, empty parking lots yawn before darkened buildings.  Chirping birds are easier to hear.  People, who normally would be in cars, are out walking: Inhaling the stunning beauty of spring and inhaling the...

THE LIVED LIFE Jesus’ last word from the cross in John’s gospel, is a single Greek word ‘tetelestai’.  Often this is translated, “It is finished.”  The word Jesus spoke is a form of the word ‘telos’, which found its way into English meaning ‘end, purpose, or...

Who Reads Johnny? Jesus knew all people and needed no one to testify about anyone; for he himself knew what was in everyone.  –John 2:25  On the night when Jesus was betrayed He could read every disciple.  That night all twelve abandoned Him. ...