Good morning and welcome to this year’s devotional for extended Advent. A few quick notes about what we do in this space. The devotional started a few years ago as a way for me to process scripture on a daily basis during Advent of 2009. It was really meant for journal practices but it took…
Author: pastorcourt
Courtney McHill has been in ministry for over 10 years and is travelling the world in search of pilgrimage and new life. What is it to be theological in different spaces? What are we searching for? What will we find about God, our world and ourselves?
What do you do???
I get this question all of the time. The question doesn’t come from people who mean ill. People just don’t really know what pastors do. Pastors are a weird bunch. We work all of the time and yet our job is completely flexible except for Sunday mornings. The jokes abound about only working one day…
Holy Saturday
Good morning all! Hope you got to sleep in a little. 🙂 Today’s scripture: Matthew 27:57-66(NRSV) 57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 So…
Good Friday
Good morning all! We have made it to Good Friday. Just a couple more days of this season’s blog. Thank you so much for coming on this journey with me. Today’s scripture: John 19:25-30 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there,…
Maundy Thursday
Good morning all! Today’s scripture: Good morning all! Today’s scripture: John 13:1-17 (NRSV) Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil…
Running towards Holy Week
Good morning all! We have made it to mid week. This is always the day that I feel like I can take a breathing break before the big push of Holy Week. Today’s scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3 (NRSV) 12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight…
Holy Tuesday
Good morning all! Today’s scripture:Luke 19: 41-42 41 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Last night I slept in a tent in the front yard of…
By Faith
Good morning all! Happy Saturday! Today we have a guest blogger! My friend and the church’s new office manager, Amber is our guest blogger. I asked Amber last night if she would like to blog today and she answered yes right away. She is a busy lady who says yes to ministry. Enjoy what she…
Hey!
Today’s scripture: Mark 10:46-52(NRSV) 46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many…
Holy Tent Monday
Good afternoon all! Sorry for the delay…this morning was crazy but thinking about it, it may be a pleasant surprise for your afternoon! Just a little over a week left for our devos together. Hope you have enjoyed! Today’s scripture: Philippians 2:1-11 (MSG) 2 1-4 If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love…
Living in Violet 