7th Sunday After Pentecost

The Vulnerability of Asking

By Ron Ruthruff | July 25, 2019 |

We live in a fast food, speedy lube, online banking society. Reading today’s passage, it’s hard for many of us to see prayer outside of this cultural lens. “Ask and it will be given” seems like a loaded statement, filled with pie in the sky, cake on your plate, North American theology.

The Bad Sower

By Lina Thompson | July 14, 2017 |

I look for God’s activity in my life through the very mundane things that occur each day. Today was one of those days.

I looked down at my cell phone when it rang. It was a number that I was familiar with. Whenever this number pops up, I have to make a few quick decisions: Do I have time to talk? Do I have the energy? At the most, it’s a 10-minute phone call.

First Say Peace

By Joel Van Dyke | July 1, 2016 |

“First say, Peace to this house.”

Pawn of Desire

By Stephanie Dunlap | July 10, 2015 |

A young seductress or victim?

Riddles of Grace

By Joel Van Dyke | July 25, 2014 |

“The shortest distance between a human being and the truth is a story.”