In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The Virgin’s name was Mary. – Luke 1:26-27 (NRSV) QUINN G. CALDWELL | Reminder to church...
When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “. . . See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.” – Numbers 13:17-18 (NIV) KENNETH L. SAMUEL | After some forty years of wandering through the Sinai desert, the...
Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me?” Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go.” – Ruth 1:11-16 excerpts (NRSV) KAJI DOUŠA | Ruth and her...
You must observe everything that I teach you; do not add to it or take anything from it. – Deuteronomy 12:32 (NRSV) MATT LANEY | According to the above verse, let’s be mindful of some long-held, fake “Christian” ideas Jesus never taught: Jesus never said: “You must...
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. – Psalm 63:1 (NRSV) TALITHA ARNOLD | I am writing this Lenten devotional in the middle of December in Santa Fe, New Mexico....
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. – Colossians 4:2 (NRSV) LILLIAN DANIEL | Have you ever noticed that the authors of gratitude books have pretty awesome lives? Their literary offspring are always saying cute things about God and life...
