devotional

Lenten Devotional by Beth Young April 2, 2017   “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound!”   “…Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—” (Luke 7:47) We had lots of children in our neighborhood in Blacksburg, Virginia, and we spent all day outside playing together, regardless of age.  After supper in the […]

Lenten Devotional by Nicola Seaholm April 1, 2017 Song of Solomon 2:8, 10-12, 15-17   8 The voice of my beloved!  Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. 10 My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; 11 for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.  […]

Lenten Devotional by Dawn Sorensen March 31, 2017   The church I grew up in was located in a rural farm town in Michigan. It was not fancy. There was no stained glass, the pews were hand made by George Poe and Bill Smith. It was exactly in the center of the village of Crystal […]

Lenten Devotional by Willie Sordillo March 30, 2017   Wade in the water, wade in the water, children.  Wade in the water; God’s gonna trouble the water.   Safety is at best a relative term.  None of us is ever really safe-  you can live a healthy lifestyle and still come down with a debilitating […]

Lenten Devotional by Holly White March 29, 2017   “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?”  (Psalm 11:3)   I was born a Catholic but I was more a holiday one.  On a dare, I found the Baptist religion.  I felt more at home there but a bit left out.  Then […]

Lenten Devotional by Matt Aufman March 28, 2017   “So Israel will live in safety; Jacob will dwell secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew. Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. […]

Lenten Devotional by Marilyn Alabran March 27, 2017   A Gathering of Women (2010)   Several years ago, a group of women from Edwards Church gathered in Fellowship Hall and we made colored clay beads to send to Boston Children’s Hospital.  The beads were for children who had cancer.  Each color stood for something the […]

Lenten Devotional Prayer by Joanie White March 26, 2017   Blessed Creator of us all, In this time of social & personal chaos: May our eyes be opened to the needs of those around us, that we may act in your name, with loving kindness. May we each hear your word through all the confusion, […]

Lenten Devotional by Heather Gonzalez March 25, 2017   “So do not fear, for I am with you…I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous hand.” (Isaiah 41:10)   On a recent Sunday during the sermon, my brain started to wander.   Although I should have been listening more […]

Lenten Devotional by Rick Seaholm March 24, 2017   “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” (Psalm 32:7, NIV)   As I alluded to in a previous reflection here (March 10), the term “sanctuary” has a long-standing representation for me which is physical in […]