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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 Psalm 39 New Revised Standard Version To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1 I said, “I will guard my ways    that I may not sin with my tongue;I will keep a […]

Rev. Patrick and Jessica Wilkerson have announced their resignation as missionaries to Colombia effective December 1, 2021. The Wilkersons moved to Medellin in July 2017 to assist the newly formed Emmaus Presbytery. They have been a great source of encouragement for the leaders and instrumental in helping the presbytery organize its financial and legal structure. […]

Tim Lawson, 65, died September 17, 2021, of COVID-19. Born August 30, 1956, in Cleveland, Tennessee, Tim was husband to Tana Sue Lawson, 2003 President of Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry Convention. Tana Sue, Tim, and son Justin were all diagnosed with COVID-19 in early September. Tana Sue had to be ventilated but recovered. Tim was […]

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 Hebrews 4:12-16 New Revised Standard Version 12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides […]

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 Matthew 15:1-9 New Revised Standard Version 15 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your […]

Memphis Theological Seminary reports the Reverend Dr. Clinton Owen Buck, 89, Professor Emeritus, died October 9, 2021, in Memphis, Tennessee. An honorably retired member of West Tennessee Presbytery, Dr. Buck was the long time pastor of Mt. Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Laconia, Tennessee, and had been an integral part of the life of Colonial […]

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 Psalm 22:1-15 New Revised Standard Version To the leader: according to The Deer of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?    Why […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Romans 12:1-13 New Revised Standard Version 12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be […]

The Reverend Sharon G. Bowers of San Marcos, Texas, died September 17, 2021. She was diagnosed with leukemia in December 2019. A member of Trinity Presbytery, Sharon was a hospice chaplain in the Austin and New Braunfels, Texas, areas who described herself as a liberal Christian feminist. Sharon graduated from Crestwood High School in Dearborn […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read Job 15:1-15 New Revised Standard Version 15 Then Eliphaz the […]