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August 15, 2022 (RNS) By Emily McFarlan Miller Frederick Buechner was asked on numerous occasions how he would sum up everything he had preached and written in both his fiction and nonfiction. The answer, he said, was simply this: “Listen to your life.” That theme was constant across more than six decades in his career […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read 2 Samuel 7:18-29 (NRSV) Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you […]

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Psalm 107:1-9, 43 (NRSV) O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of […]

Beverly Jean Salyer, 93, of Clarksville, Tennessee, died August 8, 2022. Beverly was born September 24, 1928, in Wellington, Missouri, and married Homer Salyer in 1948. The Reverend Stewart P. Salyer of Nashville Presbytery is her son. This article is incomplete. More information will be added as it becomes available.

Dennis J. Parra, 67, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, died August 14, 2022. He had been in a coma after suffering two heart attacks on August 2, 2022. Dennis was a member of McGee Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Choctaw Presbytery) and worked for the Broken Bow school system. His wife, since April 23, 1994, is Faith […]

Glennda Mosley, 73, of Russellville, Arkansas, died August 13, 2022. She was a member of Lake Hamilton Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Hot Springs. Glennda was the wife of the Rev. Steve Mosley, current moderator of Arkansas Presbytery. She was born November 14, 1949, in Camden, Tennessee.

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Revelation 2:8-11 (NRSV) “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the first and the last, who was dead and came to life: “I know […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place.   Read Isaiah 6:1-5 (NRSV) In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were […]

The Reverend Joel P. Rice of Brazos Presbytery, Texas Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died August 10, 2022. A past General Assembly Moderator, he was a longtime pastor in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and made history as the man to break the color barrier at Bethel College (now University) in McKenzie, Tennessee. […]

The Pastoral Development Ministry Team has partnered with PeopleJOY, a financial wellness company specializing in Student Loan Debt. Due to new changes in the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program, MINISTERS are now included!!! Borrowers will now have an advocate in their efforts to pay off student loans. Visit the webpage to learn more – […]