On Psalm 92- By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “As people of faith we must believe beyond what we see. We cannot know what goes on inside a person’s mind, inside a person’s home; the secrets they keep for fear of judgment or recrimination. “
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “You see, everyone and their brother was going to get baptized by John. He had been preaching a message of repentance from sin, and people were responding! John had been telling them that, very soon, God was going to do something amazing…”
Continue reading →On Psalm 33- By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “We are definitely frustrated by our lack of control over many things, but even as we accept that there are many things outside of our sphere of control, we can acknowledge the awesome power of God and trust that, in the end, things will be ok.”
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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: Matthew 5:3–12
The Law of Love- By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “…using fear and intimidation and even pain to defend the law will not change the hearts of the people – except to harden them further against one another…”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “Like with so many moments in Jesus’s earthly ministry, even as a baby, he apparently was hanging out with all the wrong people. Even before he could speak, Jesus was welcoming everyone no matter who they were.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “God searches me. God knows me, God formed me in my inward parts. God knows what makes me ‘tick.’ And God knows you too, just as intimately, just as fully, just as completely.”
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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: John 2:1-11
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “I began to think about how Jesus never broke character. We have people we admire but at some point we have to accept their flaws. We realize that they are only human with all of the vulnerability that entails.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: We are witnesses to the miracles and presence of God among us – Emmanuel – and yet we sometimes take them so for granted.
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