Faith-Filled Fridays: God’s Provisions for Schools
God’s Provisions for Schools Al Freeman Asst to the President: Schools This situation is the new normal! No, it is the new temporary! We have all kinds of terms flying around to describe what we are experiencing during this time of COVID-19. In the circles of education, some have said...
Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22 What’s going on? How are you doing? What’s up? These are frequently asked questions that in other times have generally found meaningless responses. However, in our socially distant days,...
Faith-Filled Fridays: Reopening? Hit Reset!
Reopening? Hit Reset! Rev. Bill Geis There’s a popular meme that goes like this, “We need to re-install 2020, it has a virus!” It gives a smile in trying times, yet few of us imagined all the losses and massive change the world would experience as 2020 began. Even with...
The Forgotten Festival
And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”… And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll...
Faith-Filled Fridays: What’s a Staged Opening?
What’s a staged opening? Rev. Marty Hasz In the last few days I heard people ask, “Why does reopening church have to be so complicated?” “Why we can’t just get back to business as usual? “This seems to be blown out of proportion!” Let me comfort you, we...
Do Not Be Anxious About Tomorrow
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:33-34 There are still many troubled and anxious...
God Keeps More Than Promises
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 As God’s children, we are called to keep God’s commandments. To keep means that we are to guard and treasure those words from...
Longing to See You
“But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face.” 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Letter writing has become a lost art in this era of texts and Snapchats....