Holy Week: Day 5

Day Five: Thursday The most eventful day of Holy Week is Maundy Thursday. The word Maundy is a derivation of the Latin word, commandment. Jesus, in John 13:34, gave His followers this new commandment, “Love one another, as I have loved you.” On this day, Jesus sent Peter and John...

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Lent 2022 Part 4 – Lent. Just Do It.

“I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. And, to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a mark of our mortal nature,...

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Holy Week: Day 4

Day Four: Wednesday We don’t know what Jesus did on what is traditionally called, Spy Wednesday. It is called Spy Wednesday because it is the day on which Judas Iscariot met with the Jewish priests and made plans for the betrayal, hence the name “spy.” Scholars speculate that after the...

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Theology of War

Theology of War Rev. Jaci McNeil Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine Wednesday, February 23rd (2022). If you’ve been following the news, you know the conflict that has been simmering since the 2014 annexation of Crimea has been kicked into overdrive. Russia and Ukraine have a complicated legacy, which dates back thousands...

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A Lifestyle of Prayer with Larry Phippin

As we continue our series “ A Lifestyle of Prayer”, Larry Phippin is sharing with us today When, Where, and Why We Pray. We asked Larry to write this article because of his ardent belief in prayer, which grew during his granddaughter’s bout with 4th stage Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Larry testifies...

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A serious rupture in our family has caused me to think deeply about forgiveness. Sometimes it’s easy to dispense forgiveness and sometimes it seems impossible, especially when the person requiring forgiveness is a repeat offender. Most of us put up with repeat offenders because we are afraid to do something about it. Johns...

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Merry Christmas!

It’s been a hard couple of years, hasn’t it? As a nation, we’ve been through a lot. I know you have been through a lot too. It’s been tempting to throw up our hands in despair. Our current cultural mood reminds me of the old classic Christmas poem by Henry...

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Thanksgiving Greetings

It isn’t uncommon anymore to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner and have people looking at their phones. Some of them hardly look up and some of them just glance from time to time. I am from the latter crowd. I’m gonna glance from time to time. I don’t want to...

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