Doesn’t there always seem to be something that isn’t going right in our lives?  There always seems to be something to worry or fret over.  Even on the hardest days it is helpful to count our blessings as the old hymn tells us. “When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking…

Happy Independence Day!  We give thanks to God today for the many blessings of our great nation and pray that our nation will always seek God’s justice and righteousness. Our lectionary epistle reading comes from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians today.  Paul tell us not to boast in our power, but in our weakness. You…

Greetings to you on this the Lord’s Day.  Today, in our lectionary reading we continue to hear stories of faith.  We will hear the account of a father’s faith and the faith of a woman who has been suffering for 12 years.  Both situations seem to be ones of hoping against all hope, but with…