Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your being, and all your strength. These words that I am commanding you today must always be on your minds. Recite them to your children. Talk about them when you are sitting around your house and when you are out and about, when you are lying down and when…
Awake, awake!Put on your strength, O Zion… … that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Isaiah 52:1, “He brews” 6:12 I want to begin this morning by saying how happy I am that the United States Postal Service gets me. Finally they have come out with a…
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” – 1 Corinthians 10:31 I am trying hard not to get carried away here; but if you combine today’s post with yesterday’s “live music in church” celebration, it would be easy to detect a pattern, and that…
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121 Yesterday, May 9, was officially Mother’s Day. Or as it is known in the UK, Mothering Sunday. I have always preferred the mothering idea because as Katherine – WFPC’s director of children,…
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My love for you has my heart on fire! My passion for your house consumes me! Nothing will turn me away… – Psalm 69:9 Saturday afternoon I looked out at the spectacular weather and decided it made for a great opportunity to photograph the WFPC campus. The rose garden is not in full bloom yet, but there…
Read more a photo tour of the WFPC rose garden and a look around our campus
I will pour out water upon thirsty ground and streams upon dry land.I will pour out my spirit upon your descendants and my blessing upon your offspring. They will spring up from among the reeds like willows by flowing streams. Isaiah 44:3-4 This is one of those days with little time for posting my blog. However, I do have…
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing…
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God. – Leviticus 19:34 I have to give a “shout out” to everyone involved in organizing the first of our “Welcome Back…
Read more “Welcome Back Wednesdays” – such a hunger for community
You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. – Psalm 16:11 to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. – John 1:12 “Give, and it will be given to…
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The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths. Psalm 24:1-2 Here is a slight change of direction for today. Art. Monday afternoon I was sitting in the grocery store parking lot, trying to…
Read more When you expect to experience wonder, that is what tends to happen
