62nd Blessing of the Fleet. Each year we open the Shipping season with a traditional blessing over the ships flags and pennants flowed from their decks. It's an honor to have so many captains, shipmasters, military
Chiefly on Prayer We say the Lord’s prayer every Sunday and maybe even privately throughout the week. Within this prayer Jesus gives us layer upon layer of beautifully simple prayer. The phrase “Your will be done,
What does it mean that the gospel is to the Jew first and then to the Gentile? A look at the Canaanite woman gives us some insight.
Replacing Affections The Bible says there is one thing we all have in common. No matter how hard we try, or how good we think we might be, we all sin. Scripture says, “All have sinned
I want to talk with you today about separating yourself away from the hurry of normal life to spend time with God. This was the practice of Jesus during his earthly ministry. We see it here
Lent: The Joy of Repentance It’s a standing tradition for some churches to burn the palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday. Then these very ashes are imposed on foreheads on Ash Wednesday (Celebrated this week,
In the practical working out of Christian theology there is a tension between work and Grace. This is certainly felt a tension in the Lenten season.
Let’s look at the soil and view this in light of how we might be honest with ourselves, not with the initial acceptance of God’s Word, most of us have done that, but in the application
Lent: A Time of Pruning and Abiding We are fast approaching the Lenten season, which starts on February 18th this year, Ash Wednesday. Lent begins a time of prayer and reflection before my favorite day in
And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord,
Beauty in Brokenness As everyone from Detroit knows, one of the true gifts of culture for us is the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA). It is an awe inspiring maze to walk through the millennia of
What Does “Conversion” Mean? If you are a Christian some people may ask you, “When were you converted?” While some traditions seek an answer to this question saying “asking Jesus into your heart”, “being confirmed”, or