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As that calendar year moves from 2025 to 2026, Isaiah challenges us to recount the gracious deeds of God. Can you recount any gracious deeds of God's in your life or in the life of your faith community? I remember the gift of life in 2025, with a new puppy born on January 27th and precious twin grand daughters born on September 29th. This birthing reminds me that God continues to say "Yes" to life in all its flourishing. I also remember that saints that have finished their j

Advent invites us to participate in love being born in the most unexpected ways. God’s love for us doesn’t deny the cold or the struggle. But it insists on warmth. On neighborliness. On weaving love into the fabric of ordinary days. As Christmas nears, how are you weaving love into the ordinary fabric of your daily life? Call a friend. Visit someone who is struggling. Be kind to a stranger. Support a local non-profit. As we make our way to the manger, now that this world is

The words of Jesus to his disciples on the night of his arrest haunt me. Jesus had washed the feet of his disciples, a humble act that...

“Your steadfast love , O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.   How precious is your steadfast love , O God!...

“But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy , and its people as a delight.”...

“I will make a covenant of peace  with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them and multiply them, and...

“May the God of hope  fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”...

“I lift my eyes up to the hills – from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth…The Lord will keep...

“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” [Isaiah 43:1b] This passage from Isaiah is one that...