by admin | Jan 13, 2022 | Devotion, Newsletter Archives
One of my favorite thoughts to reflect on this time of year is from Fulton Sheen, who said that it should be no surprise that the magi returned home by another route, for no one comes to Christand goes back the same way! I absolutely love this thought. Perhaps this...
by admin | Dec 20, 2021 | Advent, Devotion
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 He became like us, so we could become like Him. Emmanuel, God with us! Whatever an amazing, breath taking...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Advent, Devotion
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” Luke 1:46 I stopped breathing last week. There was tension in our family over the holidays. When could we all get together? What about keeping everyone’s in-laws happy? What about...
by admin | Dec 6, 2021 | Advent, Devotion
Last week we talked about the Israelites and their longing for their Messiah. Their longing spanned many, many generations. They waited and waited for God to fulfill his promise. Like those ancient Israelites we also are a people who long, we long as a community of...
by admin | Dec 1, 2021 | Advent, Devotion
If you are like me you might have a bit of an attitude toward the first chapter of the Book of Matthew. The book of Matthew starts with the lengthy narrative of the genealogy of Jesus. I don’t know about you, but I kind of like to skip by all this. It’s lots of “this...
by admin | Apr 5, 2019 | Devotion
Crack me open. Plant Me. Use Me. Grow Me. “Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone...
