by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2014 | Devos
Do you ever get overwhelmed by how many people there are in the world? You get on the bus and people are crammed three to a seat. You walk down the hall and all you can see are bodies moving like a massive wave. You drive on the highway and there is a constant flow of...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 9, 2014 | Devos
This is a reminder that you can find the daily Bible Readings here. Warning: Today’s reading and tomorrow’s reading are genealogies. That means they are long lists of names that trace the family line of Noah’s sons. Not really exciting stuff. So,...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 5, 2014 | Devos
We finish the story of Ruth today. Read Ruth 4:7-22. Let’s be honest. This story doesn’t make much sense to us in our culture. In fact, it can be quite offensive to women. What woman wants to identify with a story in which a woman has to sell herself to a...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 4, 2014 | Devos
It’s easy to do the right thing when it is…easy, right? Let’s say you’re driving around town and you come to a stop light right next to that guy who is begging for food on the corner. It is easy to give him something to eat if you’ve just...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 3, 2014 | Devos
In Today’s reading from Ruth 3:14-18, we see that Boaz heaps generosity on Ruth and gives her all the grain she could have imagined. This was just a taste of the way that he would provide for her for the rest of her life. This got me to thinking about how the...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 2, 2014 | Devos
Many of you start back to school today. Some of you started back last week. This is a day that brings many mixed emotions. It is exciting to start a new year, to see old friends, and to be a year older. It is also full of great anxiety over the unknown. What if my...
