Good morning everyone! It’s Friday! Hooray! Today’s scripture: Jonah 4:1-11 – But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry.  He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning; for I knew that you are…

Good morning everyone!  Hope your Ash Wednesday was a good one. Did you get smudged? Today’s scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the…

Good morning all! Welcome back (or welcome to) the daily devotionals for Lent! So here is what happens in these posts…..Each day I will be looking up a scripture from what is called the daily lectionary.  The lectionary is a set of scriptures that is used by many people all over the world to navigate…

  Written by Courtney McHill, United Methodist Pastor Bible Background Yet again it seems as though Jesus is causing quite the stir.  Not only does he talk about bread from heaven but then he claims that he IS that bread.  According to Jesus, he is the bread of life.  Now, this is just getting ridiculous. …

Good morning all!  Merry Christmas Eve! Today is the last blog of this season. Hope you have found it to be helpful to your own journey. Today’s scripture: Luke 2:1-20 (NRSV) In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius…

Good morning everyone!  We have one more day in our journey this year to Christmas! Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Today’s scripture: Genesis 17:15-22 (NRSV) God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by…

Good morning! Can you believe we are here already? Today’s scripture: John 1:1-18 (NRSV)   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in…

Good morning everyone! Today’s scripture: Matthew 1:20-25 (Message) While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God’s angel spoke in the dream: “Joseph, son of David, don’t hesitate to get married. Mary’s pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God’s Holy Spirit has made her pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when…

Good morning all!  We have just a few days left of Advent!  Crazy! Today’s scripture:  2 Samuel 7:18-22  (NRSV)  Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O…

Good morning all!     Today’s scripture: Luke 1: 57-66 (Message) When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But…