Mayo 22

But Thomas was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger in the mark of the nail and my hand in his side, I will not […]

Mayo 21

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” For me, this is probably one of the most important scriptures in the Bible. When I was growing up in Tennessee in […]

Mayo 20

“With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts […]

Mayo 19

“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken.” I can never remember a time when God and my Lord Jesus Christ weren’t a real part of my life, and lived in my house just as […]

Mayo 18

“Zeal without knowledge is not good; a person who moves too quickly may go the wrong way.” We often move through life, rushing ahead into the unknown. We make choices without thinking about what we really want, and we make many mistakes along the way. When we’re young, we sometimes feel that we have to […]

Mayo 17

“Let no one underrate you because you are young, but be to believers an example in speech and behavior, in love, fidelity and purity.” When I was in college, I had the opportunity to be a part of a Methodist sponsored camp called UM ARMY. We would go out in late July to little east […]

Mayo 16

“And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” Sometimes we find ourselves searching for those things the world has to offer: recognition, achievement, or love. Many times we find them but they are not as sweet as we imagined. But when we seek God with all […]

Mayo 15

“Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.” We believe in a mystery known in bread and wine A living God beyond history, incarnate in time In […]

Mayo 14

“Oh how happy is the woman who believes in God, for his promises to her came true.” In May of 1976 this verse of scripture was on the cover of the Mother’s Day bulletin from what was then River Oaks Cumberland Presbyterian Church. I saved it and eventually decoupaged it on a plaque which hangs […]

Mayo 13

“Honor thy father and mother.” When I was a young teenager, I participated in a Christian “flagpole” group that met before school. It was there that I met representatives from the local university’s Campus Crusade for Christ. When I asked my father to let me attend one of their meetings, he refused adamantly. Instead of […]