Pastor ChrisNov 12, 20202 minNovember 12, 2020"I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten . . . You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of...
Pastor ChrisNov 5, 20202 minNovember 5, 2020"The Lord is King! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!" (Psalm 97:1). As I write this devotional on the morning of...
Pastor ChrisOct 8, 20202 minOctober 8, 2020"It is in pardoning that we are pardoned." In November 1945, ten Polish prisoners of war broke into the home of the Hamelmann family in...
Pastor ChrisSep 24, 20202 minSeptember 24, 2020"O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to...
Pastor ChrisSep 10, 20202 minSeptember 10, 2020"Where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope." The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened more than just our physical health. The...
Pastor ChrisSep 3, 20202 minSeptember 2, 2020"Where there is injury, pardon." The prayer on which we're meditating in this season is called the "Prayer of St. Francis,", though...
Pastor ChrisAug 20, 20203 minAugust 20, 2020"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace . . ." So begins the famous prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, a prayer which speaks...
Pastor ChrisAug 20, 20203 minAugust 13, 2020This week's devotional was provided by Earl Fashbaugh. Scripture References: Acts 6:13-15 (Stephen's Accusers); Acts 7:1-53 (Stephen's...
Pastor ChrisAug 12, 20203 minAugust 5, 2020This week's devotional was provided by Dorothy Kurlander. "While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of...
Pastor ChrisAug 12, 20202 minJuly 23, 2020"She said to the bystanders, 'This man was with Jesus of Nazareth. Again [Peter] denied it with an oath, 'I do not know the man'"...
Pastor ChrisAug 12, 20202 minApril 7, 2020"We felt we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead" (2 Corinthians...
Pastor ChrisAug 12, 20202 minMarch 31, 2020Then the Israelite supervisors came to Pharaoh and cried, "Why do you treat your servants like this? No straw is given to your servants,...
Pastor ChrisAug 12, 20201 minMarch 17, 2020"It was not you who sent me here, but God" (Genesis 45:8). As our world is awash in anxiety over the spread of the novel coronavirus and...
Pastor ChrisJul 30, 20202 minJuly 30, 2020"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path" (Psalm 143:10). A few days ago, I started...
Pastor ChrisJun 11, 20202 minJune 11, 2020"Jesus said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter responded, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God'" (Matthew...
Pastor ChrisMay 28, 20202 minMay 28, 2020"Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts" (Zechariah 4:6). The Lord said this through the prophet Zechariah...
Pastor ChrisMay 21, 20202 minMay 21, 2020"Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all...
Pastor ChrisApr 21, 20202 minApril 21, 2020"Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them" (John 14:23)....
Pastor ChrisApr 14, 20202 minApril 14, 2020Christ is risen! This week's devotional was written by Earl Fashbaugh: It was an Easter that we will not forget. There was not the usual...
Pastor ChrisMar 24, 20202 minMarch 24, 2020"I have compassion for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat" (Mark 8:2). If you search...