Catching (on) Fire Luke 3:16 & Hebrews 1:7 Dear Grace Church Family and Friends, It happened again, as it so often does in my head, that two otherwise unrelated verses of Scripture converged in my mind and got me…
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Dear Grace Church Family, Listening to the news really can bring us to despair. We can come to wonder, “Where is God in all this?” Maybe even ask “What’s the point of God in all this?” That’s where our Psalmist…
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It’s Complicated! Sirach 44:1-15 Dear Family and Friends of Grace Church, It’s President’s Day as I write this. And I am having an internal conflict as I write. All morning, the words of Sirach, (Ecclesiasticus), chapter 44 have been…
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Dear Family and Friends of Grace Church, This devotional is about Valentine’s Day. Which makes it about three days late, as you’re reading it this morning. Appropriate, really, considering how many awoke on Monday and only then realized that they…
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Our Church’s Front Porch Hebrews 13:2 Did you have a Front Porch growing up? Coming from small towns, I did. Bishop Jennifer Brooke-Davidson’s article below reminded me of those days. I can still see the bucolic pictures in my mind…
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Dear Grace Church Family and Friends, Sometimes, our more destructive emotions just get the better of us. We know, in these moments, that to feel what we feel is not good. We can even tell that they make us feel…
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Dear Family and Friends of Grace Church, I often refer to the Psalms as, “the prayers that pray us.” That’s because they are prayers, and they often pray the thoughts we don’t want to admit we’re thinking. This is especially…
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Dear Friends and Family of Grace Church, Psalm 15 is one of the shortest Psalms in the Bible, yet it asks and answers one of the most profound questions of a longing faith, “Lord, who gets to live every day…
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Dear Friends and Family of Grace Church, As I’m preparing this message this morning, I’m wondering just how many of us might be struggling to “feel it” as we prepare for Christmas. It’s often said that when the Preacher “exhorts”…
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Dear Grace Church Family and Friends, Today, as I write on this Monday, December 6th, is St. Nicholas’ feast day. Yes! That St. Nicholas! It is also the first full day of our two new kittens that arrived yesterday in…
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