Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for Read more
by Rebecca Murzin For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. – Galatians 5:1 I love the fourth Read more
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 Sam McKeen Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or 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 Sam McKeen Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. – Colossians 3:12-14 As 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 Sam McKeen But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes Read more