Devotions
Devotions written by our staff members to deepen your walk in faith.
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Push!
I’m sad today. I hadn’t planned on writing a new devotional for today, but I did. I had already written my devotional all about the...
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Faith Begins By Letting Go
When First Pres updated their hymnals from the 1955 edition to the 2013 edition, there were bound to be some changes. Something I noticed right away...
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It’s Not Fair
Anyone who's ever spent any time with children is familiar with the lament that something isn't fair. If you're a parent, an educator, a...
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The Landowner
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.” Matthew 20:1 This is one of my...
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Bucking the Trend
In my sermon this past Sunday, I discussed how Jesus asks us to rearrange our entire lives: to make his priorities our priorities; to think the way...
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The Way Out Is Through
Our lives are organized around several series of repeating patterns: the earth spins day into night and vice versa, the same hours repeat on a...
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Reaping What You Sow
As Lent starts, I always feel like it’s a New Year’s Eve 2.0. For my whole life I’ve been in the church and growing up in the church means that...
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Gratitude & Generosity
“And these are the ones sown on the good soil; they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.” (Mark 4: 20)...
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The Weakness of Strength
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season in our church. I hope at some point today you will have the opportunity to watch our Ash...
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Push!
I’m sad today. I hadn’t planned on writing a new devotional for today, but I did. I had already written my devotional all about the...