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"Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight." (Luke 12:6). I'm in Kansas City, MO, right...

"Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners” (Matthew 9:13)....

"Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For...

"Why did that madman come to you?" This is the question Jehu's fellow army officers ask in today's Old Testament reading from 2 Kings 9....

Have you ever felt like you're the lone voice speaking up for truth? How can you be confident you're right when hundreds of other voices...

September 11 is remembered as a traumatic day in the history of the United States. A few years after those terrorist attacks, I met a...

As I set out for my pre-dawn run around Berthoud this morning, I tapped play on my phone to listen to today's episode of the "Pray as You...

We all like to feel like we know what we're doing, so it takes great humility to admit when we don't. In today's Old Testament lectionary...

My family and I spent the past two Sundays away on vacation from First Presbyterian Church of Berthoud, but that doesn't mean we took a...

Today's Gospel Reading (Mark 9:2-13) tells about Jesus' Transfiguration. Jesus had taken his disciples Peter, James, and John up to a...

"We beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from...

"Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you....

Yesterday afternoon I sat in a conference room with several colleagues, both elders and pastors, as we tried discern God's will regarding...

In today's Old Testament reading, God tells Samuel that "the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but...

"I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and...

There's an interesting repetition of the word "neglect" in Acts 6. In verse 1, the Greek-speaking believers noticed that their widows...

"I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord; I will remember your wonders of old. I will meditate on all your work and muse on your mighty...

"When Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God...

This coming Sunday is Pentecost, the day when we remember the Holy Spirit descending upon the Apostles and calling together people from...

This Thursday (May 30) is a lesser known but important holiday in the calendar of the Church:Ascension Day. Forty days after Easter and...