Join us for this short devotional reading of Philippians with backdrops of music and the beauty of nature.
Music: Be Thou My Vision, played by Pam Barksdale
Photos: by Chris Hartmann, video editing Elizabeth Hartman
2 Corinthians 5:7
“Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight. We are of good courage.” (New American Standard Bible)
Ssssssshhhhhhhh! … Read the rest “Walking by Faith, a Devotion by Marci McGowan”
Our DisciplesNet interns created this video using the song, There is a Love, by Butterflyfish.
But Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I order you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.
- Acts 16:18b (NRSV)
I lay restless, a myriad of thoughts dancing in my head.… Read the rest “Prayer Transforms …”
Rev. Ana Gobledale shares a prayer written by husband, Rev. Tod Gobledale. Ana and Tod are Associate Missionaries with the Common Global Ministries Board of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ, and serve as co-pastors at St. Andrew’s United Reformed Church Brockley, London, United Kingdom.
The lovely background music was graciously supplied by Pam Barksdale.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.… Read the rest “Persistence, Patience, and Practice, by Marci McGowan”
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.… Read the rest “Practicing the Presence of God”
Matthew 20:26 "Whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant.
“Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole.… Read the rest “The Christian as Servant”
Lamentations 3:20-24
Calvaric Easter
It is calvary in the night's
long day.
Time awaits when morning shall,
and wonders if it will ever show up
at all.
Then hence comes Death
ringing at the doorbell of life.
And brings its' own
Easter basket!… Read the rest “A Poem for Calvary, by Marci McGowan”
Rev. Russ Smith considers the Good Friday focus on the cross and suggests where we can tune our attention to best understand what God has done for us.