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Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, […]

Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.–Philippians 4:8 This is a picture of the last Navy Nurse Corps Strategic Planning Meeting I oversaw as Deputy of the […]

Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter: whoever finds one has found a treasure.–Ecclesiasticus 6:14 On Fridays, our Daily Devotion will take the form of an invitation to act–to deepen or widen our sense of community. Today, we invite you to think about how you might deepen your sense of connection within our church community. Is there […]

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2) I’ve always been somewhat of an activist, wanting to stand up for the underdog. When I started to just barely understand climate change, I got involved. And when I first became vegan, my activism got turbo charged. But […]

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of the city;* it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns. The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The Lord of […]

  Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and God’s love is perfected in us.–I John 4:11 Back in January, as part of a soup-making gathering, Grace Gamez and Rob DeLossa were planning to lead […]