MALI – Prayer Country for the week of March 15, 2020 Our prayer country for this week is the Republic of Mali, which is a landlocked state with dry southern grasslands merging into the Sahara Desert. Mali consists of 1,240,192 square kilometers and is bordered by Mauritania, Algeria, Niger, Burkina […]
Pandemic – Lynn Ungar
Pandemic by Lynn Ungar March 11, 2020 What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to make the world different than it is. Sing. Pray. Touch […]
Stillness – A way to be present to God
Last month I shifted away from our central gospel phrase “A Baptism of Repentance for the Forgiveness of Sin” and moved towards the topic of prayer. I would like to stay focused on prayer for at least a few months because I think it is something that is far broader […]
A GRAND CELEBRATION FOR ADELPHI’S CWF
On July 21, Adelphi’s Chapter of the Christian Women’s Fellowship was inaugurated and commissioned in a wonderful ceremony before many members and guests. Words of Welcome were given by the chapter’s president, Constance Toh. The National Secretary, Grace Atanga, spoke about the Introduction of the Movement. The dedicants then entered […]
“The Danger and the Promise” Psalm 121
God’s hope for creation is Peace, and fear gets in the way of that peace, that shalom, that wholeness. The Psalms help confront the fear that gets in the way of that peace, and helps all best discern the will of God. This is a Psalm about mountains, and […]
The Word of God Etched Upon the Heart, Part II- Psalm 42: The Wicked and the Righteous
Finding Peace in the Will of God, connecting with God on an emotional level, uniting with God, finding the will of God. These goals can be achieved in reading the psalms, reading them as a spiritual discipline, where over time the reader is drawn into a deeper relationship with God, […]
The Word of God Etched Upon the Heart, Part I- Psalm 1: The Wicked and the Righteous
As the introduction, the forward, the preface to the whole of the psalms, Psalm one instructs the reader of the purpose of reciting the psalms: To find Peace in the will of God. Before we get to far into the psalms, there are some risks and realities associated with […]
Day 23: Luke 9:37-50
here is the link to today’s text: http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=324292044 Possessed Boy 9:37-43 A couple of things happen here that are worth paying attention to. First off, this occurs before Jesus has time to do anything as he descends the mountain. Secondly is that the disciples could not heal this particular boy. Jesus […]
Day 22: Luke 9:10-36
here is the link to today’s reading: http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=324024463 Feeding of the 5000 9:10-17 Although Jesus is attempting to get some time to himself, he welcomes the crowds and teaches them. At the end of the day the disciples tell him he has to disperse the crowd, and Jesus responses to them saying […]
Day 21 Luke 8:40-9:9
here is the link for today’s reading: http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=323936743 Raising of Jarius’ Daughter 8:40-56 There is an awful lot going on in this pericope. As you read through this rather complex account, there are a few things that caught my attention that I thought were valuable to point out. Jarius is […]