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Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Colossians 1:1-8  New Revised Standard Version 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy, our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything, but God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Luke 2:8-20 New Revised Standard Version 8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 Then an angel […]

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 Luke 2:1-7 New Revised Standard Version 2 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the […]

Reflect The resurrection story is usually saved for Easter, when we can see new life and growth all around us. The story of the birth of Jesus last week led to a life of ministry, a tragic death and new life. The good news is that even in great loss, there is always a new […]

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 Luke 1:46-56 New Revised Standard Version 46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of […]

During the night of December 21/22, 2020, an unknown person or persons vandalized a number of gravestones in the cemetery at Unity Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) near Hardin, in Marshall County, Kentucky. Renee Sledd Turnbow, a member of the Unity Church since February 1, 2010, reported the incident on Facebook. The church was founded […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 1 Samuel 1:19-28 New Revised Standard Version 19 They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. Elkanah knew his wife Hannah, […]

Charles Edward Sturgeon Jr., 81, of Palm City, Florida, died December 7, 2020. He was a member of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery). Known to some variously as Sonny or just Sturg, he was born April 20, 1939, in Owensboro and educated in the public schools there. He competed in football, track, […]

Elmer “Dean” Hudson, Sr., 89, of Calico Rock, Arkansas, died Friday, December 18, 2020. He was a member and elder at Calico Rock Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery). He was born June 06, 1931, in Calico Rock and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was the principal of the Mountain Home […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 Samuel 1:1-18 New Revised Standard Version 1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Elihu son […]