By Rev. Mark Breese: “Therefore, for the child, the imaginative inner life is unending. To them, from the midst of that inner life, their decisions and choices seem grand and consequential—and we adults watch in loving (and maybe even in envious) amusement, as they work through their great matters of consequence.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “Hope is the green shoot that refuses to be hindered by the cement surrounding a crack in the pavement..”
Continue reading →By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “We bear one another’s burdens and we restore and are restored in a spirit of gentleness and love. But we also have to carry our own load and take responsibility for our actions against others.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “Over that time I waited and kept hoping the tree would not break the fence. But, eventually, the pressure of the roots and the trunk lifted and then snapped off the nearest fence post at the ground and the fence sections broke apart. “
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “what lengths we will go to in order to have our own selfish (and often misguided) ways and our own selfish (and often misguided) desires—and often at the expense of others and even ourselves. But there is a remedy”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “It feels a little magical and it helps float the troubles away for a time. Each step feels like I’ve entered the magical Technicolor world of OZ and I’m walking down my own ‘Yellow Brick Road’.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “Hope is built into struggle. We do not struggle or wrestle with something unless we have the hope of change. Our text does not say why Jacob wrestled with this stranger it only says that he did, all night long, and he wasn’t going to let go until he received a blessing.”
Continue reading →Contributed By: Reverend Fun
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Sometimes you just need a little laugh. Reverend Fun cartoons were drawn by Dennis Hengevel. The Reverend Fun series has over a decade of cartoons and is part of the Bible Gateway Family of online resources.
Read the text: Genesis 1:1-2:3
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “An important step in any dance that requires a partner is that the follower let the leader lead. In life, there are times when we are called to be a leader, and times when we are called to follow one. We always have a choice to follow or to lead.”
Continue reading →Contributed By: Reverend Fun
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Sometimes you just need a little laugh. Reverend Fun cartoons were drawn by Dennis Hengevel. The Reverend Fun series has over a decade of cartoons and is part of the Bible Gateway Family of online resources.
Read the text: Genesis 2:18-25
