“Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on a wound, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.” Our Deacon Team is currently reading together the book who’s title comes from this verse in Proverbs, “Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart”. It is a book about caring […]
“Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on a wound, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.” Our Deacon Team is currently reading together the book who’s title comes from this verse in Proverbs, “Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart”. It is a book about caring […]
Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. We are called to reflect God to anyone and everyone we meet. We are to show God, show Jesus Christ, through our attitudes, actions, and life. God is generous, so we are to be as well. God is love so we are to […]
Today’s thoughts come from Sarah Larson, my sophomore daughter: When we read texts like these, we tend to hear these words as a guideline for our lives as if we have fallen short of them all and are in need of the schooling of the Bible. Proverbs addresses these guidelines in a familiar way, using […]
Though Jesus gave us a clear example of One who ate with, befriended, and even seemed to prefer “traitors and sinners”, Paul tells us we have nothing in common and so to avoid them in 2 Cor. 6:14-16. He doesn’t give any “unlesses” or “except fors”. Paul, in true Pauline style, makes no bones about […]