Blogs And Devotionals

Blogs And Devotionals

3/31/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

Psalm 130 1Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. 2Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! 3If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. 5I wait for the Lord; my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than…

3/29/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3So he told them this parable: 11b“There was a man who had two sons. 12The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the wealth that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them. 13A few days…

E-note March 28, 2025

Dear Peace Members and Friends,    I opened up the newspaper this morning and read the weather forecast; a prediction of a possible high today of 78 degrees! Maybe—just maybe—spring weather is here to stay! I hope all of you are getting a breath of that fresh air today.This weekend we have the 4th Sunday in Lent. In worship (9:30am), we will hear one of the most famous parables of all. But what to call the story Jesus tells about…

3/28/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

Ephesians 5:8-14 8For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light, 9for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. 10Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. 11Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them. 12For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly, 13but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, 14for…

3/27/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

Psalm 23 1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; 3he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. 4Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head…

3/26/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

2 Corinthians 5:16-21 16From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we no longer know him in that way. 17So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; 19that…

3/25/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

Psalm 32 1Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3While I kept silent, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 5Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my…

3/24/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

Joshua 5:9-12 9The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.” And so that place is called Gilgal to this day. 10While the Israelites were camped in Gilgal, they kept the Passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho. 11On the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and roasted grain. 12The manna ceased on…

3/22/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

Luke 13:1-9 1At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? 3No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish as they did. 4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were…

E-note March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025   Dear Peace Members and Friends,    As most of you know, we are in staff transition here at Peace. Last Tuesday, there was the regular monthly meeting of the Church Council and I have a brief report and reminder from that meeting at the end of this note.   But first, it’s always terrific to hear good ministry news and I heard some again this week from our Communication’s staff member, Daina Sivanich, who, along with…

3/21/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

Psalm 19 1The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 3There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; 4yet their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun, 5which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,…

3/20/25 Daily Lenten Devotional

1 Corinthians 10:1-13 1I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3and all ate the same spiritual food, 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and…