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Nov 18, 20214 min read

Stewardship is talent (part 1)

Hey all! Yesterday I shared some thoughts on what it means to be stewards of our time and challenged ourselves to have a paradigm shift...

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Nov 17, 20215 min read

Stewardship is Time

Hey church! As we march on in our Stewardship campaign and adjacent blog posts I thought I would elaborate on one of the offerings that...

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Nov 16, 20213 min read

Stewardship is Dignity

Hey church! This past Sunday we lifted up an urgent need from The Nehemiah Mission of Greater Cleveland for blankets, pillows, and other...

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Nov 15, 20213 min read

Stewardship is Gratitude and Joy

Hi church family! For today's devotional I want to share with you the devotional I wrote for our council meeting last Tuesday. At council...

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Nov 14, 20213 min read

Stewardship is a Gift

Hi there friends! Today we begin a two week series on thinking about stewardship. Stewardship is often considered an "icky" topic in...

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Nov 13, 20213 min read

Heaven and Earth Finale

Nearly a week ago we celebrated All Saints Sunday, an annual celebration of the saints on earth that have reached 50+ years of membership...

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Nov 12, 20212 min read

Heaven and Earth #5

Hi all! Today brings us to the penultimate reading on heaven and earth. So far we've looked at where heaven is scripturally and God's...

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Nov 11, 20213 min read

Heaven and Earth #4

Hey there friends! We're a tad over half way through our Heaven and Earth series. Today we'll be looking at sin and how that creates...

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Nov 10, 20213 min read

Heaven and Earth #3

Good day church family and friends! Yesterday we focused on the different ways in which heaven is described in the Bible with what we...

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Nov 9, 20213 min read

Heaven and Earth #2

Hi church family! Today we continue on in the heaven and earth series by looking at the many ways in which heaven is described in the...

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Nov 8, 20212 min read

Heaven and Earth #1

Hello church family! For the next week we're going to be studying the theme "Heaven and Earth." You can view this week as an expansion of...

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Nov 7, 20214 min read

Devotional: All Saints

Today is All Saints Day, a sometimes-overlooked holy day in United Methodist congregations. It is not nearly as well known as the day...

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Nov 6, 20215 min read

Fruits of the Spirit: Self Control

Hello church family! Today brings us to final fruit of the spirit - self control. This one for me is somewhat of an anomaly in that it is...

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Nov 5, 20213 min read

Fruits of the Spirit: Gentleness

Hi friends! Today we consider the next fruit of the spirit according to Paul - gentleness. What do you think of when you think of...

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Nov 4, 20213 min read

Fruits of the Spirit: Faithfulness

Hello friends! Today we look at the topic of faithfulness. While I recognize that faithfulness in the literal definition has more to do...

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Nov 3, 20213 min read

Fruits of the Spirit: Goodness

Hi friends! Today we consider the next fruit of the spirit - goodness. Good is a difficult word to define narrowly. Good could mean...

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Nov 2, 20214 min read

Devotional - Kindness

Hi, friends! Today we are considering the fruit of the spirit: Kindness. Kindness feels important all the time, but in particular today,...

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Nov 1, 20213 min read

fruits of the spirit: patience

Hello church family and welcome to our first devotional! Today we will meditate on what it means to have patience and why that is so...

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Oct 31, 20213 min read

Daily Devotionals Debut Tomorrow

Hello church family, it's such a joy to write to you again. After finishing our Reading the Bible in a Year journey many of you remarked...

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Sep 20, 20213 min read

Reading the Bible Day 358

Friends, we have made it. This is the FINAL day in our journey of going through the Bible cover to cover. I can't believe it and I can't...