by Janet Keefe “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple… Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell Read more…
by Rebecca Murzin And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9 This is a verse I often pray for myself and for others. I ask God to help me, my brothers and sisters Read more…
by Janet Keefe I have been puzzling over something lately. The question I have is this, “What is more important, who I am inside, or how I represent Christ to others?” I am His workmanship, which is pretty amazing, but, while I am marveling that He created, loved, and died Read more…
by Rebecca Murzin And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. – James 3:6 The tongue is a powerful thing. We can curse, Read more…
by Janet Keefe Maybe spring is a little shy. Reluctant, perhaps, before trees suddenly grow fat with green leaves and tiny flower buds burst into explosions of color and texture. Tentative, possibly knowing the inconsistency of New England winters, life pauses hesitantly, for a couple of weeks after Easter. It Read more…
By Rebecca Murzin And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will Read more…
By Janet Keefe It was Palm Sunday, over 2000 years ago. Imagine you were there. People were waving palm branches exuberantly and placing their cloaks on the ground reverently before Jesus, who was riding a donkey. If you were there sometime before Palm Sunday, you might have sat on a Read more…
By Rebecca Murzin Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Psalm 103:1 We should be continually praising God, because He is worthy of all our praise. He is all powerful, all knowing, the creator of the universe, the King of Kings, Read more…
By Janet Keefe A perspective of John 4:4-42 It was midday when she left the house, and it was oppressively hot outside. The sun was high, and was blazingly bright; the heat scorched the ground and she felt it radiating on her skin. Although the temperature was blistering, everyone else Read more…
By Rebecca Murzin So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” John 11:3-4 Often when people Read more…