by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2014 | Devos
How do you handle the unknown? Are you the type that likes to explore unknown places and experiences? Or, are you the type that likes to hunker down in safe, familiar places and build walls of protection around yourself? In Genesis 11:1-9 we see that the people of the...
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...
