Good morning all!  Happy Second Sunday of Advent! Today’s scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-10 (NRSV)                                                                                        …

Good morning all!  Hopefully you are staying warm! Today’s scripture:  Isaiah 40:1-5 (NRSV) –God’s People Are Comforted  Comfort, O comfort my people,     says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,    and cry to her that she has served her term,   that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand    double for…

Good morning! Are you enjoying the snow out there?  Can you believe we are getting snow in Oregon in December? Today’s scripture: Acts 13:16-25 (The Message) Paul stood up, paused and took a deep breath, then said, “Fellow Israelites and friends of God, listen. God took a special interest in our ancestors, pulled our people who…

Good morning all!  Thanks for sending good healing vibes.  Keep them coming.  Turns out I may have a nasty virus that I just have to wait out….my favorite thing to do.;) Today’s scripture: Isaiah 4:2-6 (NRSV) The Future Glory of the Survivors in Zion On that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit…

Good morning all!  Sorry I am a bit later today.  I have really been struggling with sickness this week which prolonged my writing this morning.  Send up good healing vibes for me please. Today’s scripture: Isaiah 54: 7-10 (The Message) Your Redeemer God says: “I left you, but only for a moment.      Now, with enormous compassion,…

Good morning all! You made it through Monday! Today’s scripture: Hebrews 11:32-40 (NRSV) And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,  quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of…

Good morning all! Today’s scripture:  Psalm 124: A Pilgrim Song of David (From The Message) If God hadn’t been for us  —all together now, Israel, sing out!— If God hadn’t been for us    when everyone went against us, We would have been swallowed alive    by their violent anger, Swept away by the flood of rage,   drowned in the torrent;…

And so we begin our journey…. This morning we (at the CoOp) are using Daniel 3: 1, 8-30. It is a long scripture. If you want to read the whole scripture please do but I am going to highlight just a portion…. 23 But the three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down, bound, into the…

It’s Easter! Hooray!  Thanks for taking this journey with me all! Today’s scripture: Luke 24:1-12 (NRSV)                                                                                                                                                But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body….

Good morning all! Just two more devotionals to go! Also if you are around McMinnville today there is an Easter Egg hunt at Parkview at 10am and an Easter Vigil in the sanctuary tonight at 8.  See you there! Today’s scripture: Matthew 27:57-66   When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named…