As I was driving in to work today the radio host announced that today is National Stress Awareness Day then she played a lovely song by a band called The Head and the Heart called, “Let’s be Still.” Here are some of the lyrics from that song: The world’s just spinningA little too fastIf things …
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October 2021 Devotions
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October 28, 2021
Yesterday I decided to treat myself to a latte on the way in to work. It was a cold dreary day outside and it felt like the warm drink would be just what I needed. I was a little close on time, but I decided to do it anyway. I went in and put in …
October 26, 2021
This Bible verse is part of a prayer that Paul offered for the Ephesians – and it’s a prayer that I want to offer for all of you today. I hope that as you hear this prayer that you realize how much you are loved. At the end of his prayer Paul says, “Then you …
October 21, 2021
At my ordination ceremony when I was ordained as a minister Pastor Bill said something that I will always remember, he told me “Be Sheila.” Those two words are so simple, but so profound. I thought about that today when I came across one of my favorite scriptures: God has made us what we are. …
October 14, 2021
I wanted to share a poem/prayer with you that I found on a website of peace prayers. The funny thing about this prayer/poem is that it doesn’t even use the word peace. And yet, all the things it mentions are things that can sow seeds of peace. On This Day…. Mend a quarrelSearch out a …
October 7, 2021
Tomorrow I’m leaving early in the morning to go to a minister’s retreat in Iowa. The word retreat means to withdraw, to step away and go to a place of safety and seclusion. So that is what we are going to do. We are going to step away from the world for a while and …
October 5, 2021
Sometimes it is so easy to get distracted by all the busyness of our world – by all the things that we need to do, by our phones and our screens, by the news – and all the things in this world that are trying so hard to get our attention. And sometimes in the …
September 2021 Devotions
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September 22, 2021
Sometimes we just get so busy working and stressing out and going through our days that we forget to stop and think about how good our lives are and all that we have to be grateful for – in good times and bad times. Psalm 91:12 says, “Teach us how short our lives really are …
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