Devotions
Devotions written by our staff members to deepen your walk in faith.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
