Finding Purpose in Your Life The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. (Ezekiel 37:1) One of the great questions of life is, “Why am I here?” Young ...

Christ in the Old Testament Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up quickly. He said to his counselors, ‘Was it not three men that we threw bound into the fire?’ They answered the king, ‘True, O king.’ He replied, ‘But I see four men unbound, walking in the middle of the ...

“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” (Jeremiah 29:7) The “common good” – a nice idea but not always easy to pursue. Finding the kinds of ...

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lives in a land of deep darkness – on them light has shined.” (Isaiah 9:2) Darkness is part of life – and as the fall moves toward winter we are reminded of this by shortened days and longer ...

“Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.” (Amos 5:23-24) This week’s lesson from Amos reminds us that being religious isn’t always a virtue. It is possible ...

“For all the saints, who from their labors rest…” All of us are indebted to those who have gone before us. We know much of what we know because they passed it down to us. We are able to do what we do because someone showed us skills and abilities ...

The old spiritual sings, “We are climbing Jacob’s Ladder…” but is that really how God works and calls us to respond? We meet or hear about people all the time trying to “find God.” In the church language there is a term for such people as they are referred to ...

“For if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.” Romans 14:8 We belong to a small group that meets by phone for what we call “centering time” on Tuesday mornings from ...