Staff Blog
SCAMPERING
There is something in me, a restless scampering. My eyes, on frantic search for my heart’s pampering? From person to person my heart is on the hunt, Desperate to gain that for some pain I may blunt? Does it depend on me to find what brings me peace? I fear that if that’s true, this…
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Prayerfully I Walk…
Came across this poem, as I was having my devotional times and thinking of the way God revealed himself to me…through the beauty of His creation: Time alone in an autumn wood, I stroll on a mosaic carpet of moist multicolored leaves– rust brown, yellow, crimson. I ponder the deep red patches, scattered every step…
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Living Water
He walks on desert sands, scorching heat on his soles, A parched and weary man, craves, thirsts for water holes. Beating down upon him, the air, on fire, burning, His journey sapping strength, draining, waning, yearning. At last! In the distance! Palm trees surround a pool! Fronds blowing in the breeze, his sweat begins…
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Jade
Jade, a beautiful gem! You created this green! Colored lightly or dark, I love its shimmered gleam! Rings of jade man has carved, and a horse carved from jade. An artist skilled, but You, this gem of beauty, made. A different kind of jade sullies my attitude. Cynical, how I brood, callous, my sour…
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TRUTH and LOVE
Revelation 2 Jesus gives John a message for the Ephesian church. He commends them for their hard work and standing for truth, then He says this : “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.” That is, they have abandoned their love of God and, consequently, love for…
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A Prayer for Those Affected by Hurricane Helene
Most Gracious Heavenly Father, creator of all and sustainer of all, we come before you humbly today and ask for your mercy for all those families that have been touched by the devastation of Hurricane Helene. We ask for courage as they face a time of uncertainty. We ask for a spirit of generosity when…
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