Our search committee has received profiles of viable candidates and is in the first stage of interviews. This first stage is kind of like a “first date,” getting to know the candidate and to see if we are compatible. After we complete this first stage, we will determine which candidate(s) will move on to the […]
There with Her
A Good Friday Devotion by Ruth Carney Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11: 25-26 It was Good Friday, April 9, 1993. It […]
A Hot Meal
A Lenten Devotion by Ruth Carney For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Matthew 25:35 During the depression, my grandfather had what the family called a lunch cart. But by today’s standards, it was actually […]
Teaching Better Behavior
A Lenten Devotion by Ruth Carney Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes […]
More Manageable To-Do Lists
When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him. Luke 5:11 “They left everything and followed him” (That’s what the first of Jesus’ disciples did.) Everything around my home that has memories attached. Everything around my house that has a use, now or in the future. All the info that […]
Living Sanctuaries
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true; with thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you. God empow’r me to be a witness for you, acting boldly, in your name; seeking justice, where there is hurting, off’ring hope where there is pain. When I was asked to do a […]