Light in the Darkness
By Dena Dalton Psalm 63:1-8 “O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you…” I am partial to Christmas Eve. We attend church. We have our Christmas dinner. We stay…
In Need of Rest
By Aaron Tyler John 3:16 For God so loved the world Seven days He rested. Good He saw, but restless Pursuit of a broken Image quickly ensued. For God so…
Sing a New Song
By John Tompson Psalm 98:1-3 Psalm 98:1 begins with the admonition to “Sing to the Lord a new song.” I believe this new song is a song of praise, of…
Joy, Hope, and Rest
By Nora O. Lozano Psalm 40:16 Psalm 40 is full of contrasts. On the one hand, the Psalmist writes about his own difficult experiences: Being in a desolate pit, and…
Fear Not
By Jennie Mayes Luke 2:8-10 “There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God’s angel stood among them and God’s glory blazed…
Bread of Life
By Cameron Vickrey John 6:33 Jesus had just gotten through feeding the five thousand with 5 loaves and 2 fish. The disciples had been looking for him the next day,…
Control Enthusiast
By Edie Dutton Philippians 4:4-7 I think someone is trying to tell me something, I thought as received my Advent devotional assignment. This is the second time I have been…
Resting Means Actively “Faithing”
By Randy Edwards Romans 8:18-25 Believing in Jesus is the most counter-cultural thing you and I will ever do. While the world chases down instant gratification, demands quick solutions, politicizes…
Anxious Rest Broken By Harmonic Hope
By Garrett Vickrey Isaiah 40:1-5 If you were to put the book of Isaiah to a musical score there would be a whole rest between chapters 39 and 40. If…