For God so Loved…

My devotions for today included the gospel reading of John 3:16-21… Of course we all know John 3:16 – For God so loved the World that He sent His only Son…  We see it at sporting events, and every where.  This is one of the verses that almost everybody knows, but do any of usContinue reading “For God so Loved…”

What do they see?

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”” (John 13:34–35 ESV) When the world looks at the church, what do theyContinue reading “What do they see?”

A prayer for the season of Lent

I pray that we all would clean ourselves of all the unnecessary junk in our hearts and minds, sweep out the cobwebs and dust and dirt the clutters up our lives, and hand that lump of what is left of our lives over to the master potter, and allow him to spin us into theContinue reading “A prayer for the season of Lent”

Lent – Time for Some Cleaning!

For some winter is still a reality.  It is cold and damp and snowy maybe, so to think about Spring cleaning is not for now. I mean we still have 2 weeks until Spring, and then it may not be worm enough to do cleaning. But today is Ash Wednesday.  To day is the beginningContinue reading “Lent – Time for Some Cleaning!”

February 2010 Front Page

I sit at my desk pondering the newsletter and what is happening around here. There is a lot of talk about education and confirmation and I ponder as we go into Lent what education and confirmation mean. I wonder when it is that confirmation begins. Most of us would probably say that confirmation is 7thContinue reading “February 2010 Front Page”