A devotional blog from Pastor Fred, Rev. Katherine, and staff.
God of mercy, receive us in full surrender. We admit that it has been too long since we have fully embraced your power and goodness. It has been too long since we have eased our pursuit of control. Grant us faith to trust your nearness, God, and to rely on you alone for our strength, comfort and clarity. Under the Lordship of Jesus, you forgive sin and make us new. Thank ...
Keep ReadingThe Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. - Psalm 23 Put another way The Lord is our shepherd and that is enough.We are too often focused on something else, somewhere else, sometime else.The shepherding imagery of God that is cast in the 23rdPsalm asks us to consider the sufficiency of God right here and now.With our gaze shifted from elsewhere and back toward the prese...
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Keep ReadingSo what now?If you have ever posed this kind of a question following a whirlwind of events you aren't quite sure what to make of, you're in good company.This admission of the unknown is a critical piece of the birth story of the church.It is what gives way to the restoration we find in the gospel.We won't find answers if we don't ask questions."When, then, should we do?" i...
Keep Reading"I know who you are, you are the Holy One of God." Mark 1:24 This exclamation comes from a man who is out of sorts and in a position of desperate need.His cry out to Jesus interrupts the temple service and captures the attention of everyone nearby.In addition to all the onlookers, Jesus, too, fixes his heart and mind on this man.We don't know his name or his particular di...
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