November 29 Advent Devotional
Monday, November 29 Psalm 25:1-10 Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. (Psalm 25:4-5) The long weekend is over, family has gone home, the leftovers have dwindled, and it […]
November 28 Advent Devotional
Sunday, Nov. 28 Daniel 3 “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” (Daniel 3:25) The story of Daniel begins with great upheaval. The Babylonians had defeated the Jewish people, ransacked their holy city, temple and taken many of […]
Away in a Manger Revisited
Advent Devotional Guide 2021 PREFACE The first time I was part of an Advent Booklet at Second Baptist was in 1989. I had seen a notice in the bulletin inviting people to submit a Christmas story for inclusion in an “Advent Book of Daily Readings.” The editors were Jo Anne Beasley, Harold Phillips, and Myra […]
“Genuine Faith Works” by Lisa Kopala
I have been attending Dr. Hulitt Gloer’s class “Journey Through James,” and what a journey it has been! In our first class, we determined who James was (I didn’t know there were 4 different men by that name in the New Testament) and to whom the letter was addressed. Our “homework” after the first class […]
“Renewing Our Life Together” by Jason Edwards
I pray God has ministered to you in a particular way as we’ve worshipped together this Fall. Our current series has been aimed at a deep, collective longing many of us will acknowledge, even when it’s difficult to articulate. Each of us goes through days, weeks, and seasons where we experience a rumbling ache for […]
“Chimpanzees and Revelation in Third Grade” by Teresa Miller
Never have I ever…taught Revelation to 3rd graders. When our lesson plans recently took a giant leap from Genesis to Revelation, I was not the only teacher intimidated. There is so much I don’t understand about God and especially about Revelation. I felt unqualified. Imagine how the morning might go: “Hey kids! Today we are […]