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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 Matthew 28:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly […]

Good stewards are said to be those who show up in church the Sunday after Easter. Of course, there are exceptions to this, but there is no exception to “patient endurance” of which John wrote (Revelation 2). The question becomes, how are people brought from that first love of God into a deep and abiding […]

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 1 Peter 1:3-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Colossians 3:12-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a […]

Tim Goodloe, husband of the Reverend Melissa Reid Goodloe, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is manifesting fairly mild flu-like symptoms. Melissa, as of yet, has no symptoms but both she and Tim are quarantined at home. Melissa has a history of lung issues. They request prayers from the denomination. Melissa is pastor of Bethel […]

The Reverend David Bayer, 73, pastor of Fulton Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) in South Fulton, Tennessee, died Thursday, April 9, 2020, at Hillview Nursing Home in Dresden, Tennessee. David was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William and Wanita “Nell” Myrick Bayer. He earned a degree in public speaking from Columbia College Chicago, primarily […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Colossians 3:5-11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). On account of these the wrath […]

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 28:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other […]

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 19:38-42 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, […]

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 Hebrews 10:16-25 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in […]