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The Rev. Charles Arthur Hendershot, 94, a member of Red River Presbytery, died November 12, 2019. He survived his wife, Dorothy, by less than two months. Charles Arthur was born to Charles Philo and Janie Lucille Yetsey Hendershot on July 21, 1925, and educated in the public schools of Macomb, Oklahoma. As a high school […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Matthew 23:37-24:14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How […]

The Rev. James Howard Kelso, 101, a member of Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery, died Tuesday, November 12, 2019. He was born May 14, 1918, in Lynn Grove, Kentucky (near Murray), to Urie and Rachel Kelso. He married Selena Azzilee Charlton, October 14, 1939. Enrolling in around 1942, James studied at Bethel College in McKenzie, Tennessee, graduating in […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read Isaiah 66:1-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne and the earth is […]

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Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Ephesians 4:25-5:2 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 98 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Psalm. O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 14:25-33 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Isaiah 12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) You will say in that day: I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you […]