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 […]

Mayo 12

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Remember the Sunday School song, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus?” It is my good fortune to have a friend of many years. She and her husband have retired in another state but we […]

Mayo 11

“In the beginning God created heaven and earth.” In the beginning – not after something else, not when something else had happened but in the beginning. Created – not started, not developed, not thought about, but created. Heaven and earth – not earth, not heaven, not a little thing, but heaven and earth. God did […]

Mayo 10

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Until recently, I did not really understand today’s scripture. I was reading it to say “all things are good in God.” Then, when difficulties came my way, bitterness and doubt […]

Agosto 5

“If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever – the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, for He lives with you […]

April 18

“I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. […]

Abril 10

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything be in prayer and petition; with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” My son is on a prodigal journey. There are times when I am bound tightly with fear for what may befall him, and grief for having to continue our family life without him here. […]

April 9

“Make no mistake about this, my dear brothers: all that is good, all that is perfect, is given us from above; it comes down from the Father of all light; with him there is no such thing as alteration, no shadow caused by change.” He is consistent and what he provides is good. Furthermore, all […]