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And When He Had Given Thanks
By Ron Davis One of the curious elements of the Passover Jesus shared with his apostles in the upper room, as recorded in Luke 22:14-20, is the comment, “he gave thanks.” Thanks? For what exactly?...
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Direct Our Hearts
By Diane Stortz When the prophet Samuel led Israel, he told them, “Direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you” (1 Samuel 7:3*). Later on, near the end of King David’s...
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A Clear Conscience
By Diane Stortz Have you ever longed for a clear conscience? A man named Saul had reason to think about this too. Before Saul became a believer, he zealously persecuted Christians—rounding them up and...
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See the Body
By Diane Stortz A young woman visited a service and was surprised by how Communion was served. The elements representing Jesus’ body and blood were placed on tables around the perimeter of the room,...
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The Gift of Grief
By Daniel Schantz “A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:3, King James Version). Sorrow does not take a holiday at Christmas. One of America’s most comforting Christmas anthems, “I...
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If Only
By Daniel Schantz “So Peter went out and wept bitterly” (Luke 22:62, New King James Version). It’s a crisp December Monday, as you ramp onto the freeway. There is a slight mist on the windshield, but...
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Eucharist
By Daniel Schantz “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise” (Psalm 100:4, New King James Version). Eucharist is a term for the Lord’s Supper that means “to give thanks.”...
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Better Than Christmas
By Daniel Schantz “A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death than the day of one’s birth” (Ecclesiastes 7:1, New King James Version). There is nothing so magical as the birth...
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An Old, New Celebration
By Daniel Schantz “And let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing, if we don’t get discouraged and give up” (Galatians 6:9, The Living Bible). A...
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John at the Cross
By Ron Davis As Jesus died, John stood at the cross. The apostle describes the scene in his Gospel, John 19:25, 26. He is the one who called himself “the disciple whom he loved.” He fully sensed and...
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The Shedding of Blood
By Ronald G. Davis The Passover of the Hebrew people was inextricably tied to the shedding of blood. How many thousands of Egypt’s firstborn sons had to die to free the Hebrews from their bondage? And...
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An Occasion for Unity
By Ronald G. Davis On the same occasion Jesus put in place this memory meal, he prayed fervently for the unity of those who would assemble around his table. Sadly, this table has often divided those...
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A Comprehensive Review
By Becky Ahlberg “When I survey the wondrous cross, on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride.” Isaac Watts penned those words in 1707. He...
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TIME and TIMELESS
By Ronald G. Davis Sunday again. One hundred sixty-eight hours have passed, and now we are here again. How feebly we apply markers to the times of our lives. Yet we are creatures of time, having been...
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To the Earth and Back
By Doug Redford Maybe you’ve heard an expression often shared between two people who love each other: “I love you to the moon and back.” I’m not sure how the expression originated. The meaning is...
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Mission Accomplished
By Doug Redford Charles Swindoll’s sister once asked him, “What’s your favorite feeling?” After some thought, Swindoll replied, “I think it would be accomplishment.” He observed how good it feels to...
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Calvary-Road Therapy
By Doug Redford Peter Bronson, a former columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer, wrote an item for the opinion page that appeared in the paper on July 31, 2005. He entitled it, “Country-road Therapy...
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Just Ten Seconds
By Doug Redford In February of 2003 Fred Rogers passed away. Rogers was the man responsible for creating Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, a program on public television that sought to let all children know...
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The Joy of Suffering
By Becky Ahlberg Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance...
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Amazing Love!
By Becky Ahlberg One of the universal truths we consider when we gather around the Communion table each week is to remember the amazing love of God. “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he...
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