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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 1 Peter 3:13-22 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? But even if you do suffer for […]

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 John 14:27-29 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I […]

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 Psalm 66:8-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept us among […]

No doubt Revelation 7 is one noted by a few Spanish priests in the 1480s who argued against Columbus’ sailing to their West to reach the East. “Four corners” could only be part of a flat earth. While we depend upon the inspired scriptures, we should not try to make obviously literary writing into a […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 102:1-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A prayer of one afflicted, when faint and pleading before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you. Do not […]

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 Acts 27:1-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of […]

The Reverend Nancy Kate McSpadden, 67, (Arkansas Presbytery) died on May 12, 2020. Nancy was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Emmett and Joann McSpadden. The family attended the Rose City Cumberland Presbyterian Church in North Little Rock with many other McSpaddens. They descended from the Reverend Samuel McSpadden, one of the early ministers of […]

The summer of 2020 is shaping up to look very different than any summer we have ever experienced. Families are looking at the summer ahead without the traditional “in-person” activities they are accustomed to attending. Vacation Bible School is one of the activities that many churches are looking to do in a new way – […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read John 8:31-38 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know […]

Since August 2017, the Reverend T.J. Malinoski has written a column examining the Confession of Faith for Cumberland Presbyterians in the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine. It has appeared almost monthly ever since. We present it here for your enjoyment and edification. This posting was made from T.J.’s manuscript and may not contain editorial changes or formatting […]