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Jeremiah 30:8-10 I grew up in a traditional Black Baptist church in southern California. While I love my church service today, I miss the “Testimony Sundays” that were an aspect of worship from my childhood. Usually held during a Sunday evening service, believers would take those opportunities to share what God had done for them […]

Jeremiah 29:13-14 I have attended church for most of my life. I value worship with the community of faith. I’ve experienced the benefit of a disciplined life studying Scripture. I love being in the house of God and spending time with folks who love the Lord. Nothing touches me more than to witness new or […]

Jeremiah 29:10-12 Patience is difficult in a society where instant gratification is increasingly the norm. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the benefits of making reservations at the movie theater instead of waiting in line early to get a good seat. I enjoy watching short clips of family and friends on social media to see […]

Jeremiah 29:8-9 I grew up in a home that believed in the power of prayer. Some of my earliest childhood memories involve my mom, at home, praying for our family, people who were sick, ministries of the church, and ministers who led the congregation and the community. She was a praying woman. When situations seemed […]

Jeremiah 29:1-7 In 2020, the world was thrust into uncertainty by an unknown illness. The novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, invaded countries all over the world. The virus impacted the physical, economic, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of citizens regardless of social status. Rich, poor, young, and old alike were affected. This viral intruder reshaped our […]

John 8:12-20 Isaiah’s wife, “the prophetess,” is among the many unnamed people in the Bible. Though her words and her gifts are lost to us, we can speculate about what she might have said in her unique voice, responding to God’s revelation. “Child to come, I will be in my grave long before you are […]

Luke 1:32-35 There she sits on the dusty ground, more child than woman, wearing much-mended hand-me-downs. Calloused hands are cooking bread on heated stones. A stranger hails her from the street: “Greetings, favored one.” She snorts, turning over the bread. Favored one? Must be talking to someone else. She tunes him out. He comes closer, […]

Psalm 65 I grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast, where there is really only one season. But I was brought up to believe that you should dress as if there are four, and I have carried that mentality with me into adulthood. Now that I live where the temperatures do change from one season […]

Isaiah 9:7 As a child, I always pictured God off in the distance, sitting on a throne, comfortably situated, well dressed, somewhat detached in attitude. I suppose I have outgrown that image, but it still exists in my memory bank. Thankfully, Isaiah’s description is not of a detached God sitting inertly on a throne. Isaiah’s […]

Isaiah 9:5-6 My husband and I have three children; our youngest is 28. It’s been awhile since we had an infant in the house, but our memories are vivid. Nothing is quite like that first time you hold your flesh-of-our-flesh, completely helpless, totally dependent newborn. “Holding your newborn rewires you. Suddenly you know you would […]