Jul 22, 2014 | Tuesday Prayers
A Benediction from Merianna Neely Harrelson As you go from this place, go clothed in the assurance that you have been forgiven for all the things you have left undone. Go with the peace that you know the One who can make all things now. Go with the understanding that...
Jul 15, 2014 | Tuesday Prayers
Dear Jesus, Help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact...
Jul 13, 2014 | Challenges in Calling, Encouraging Words
In this sanctuary fourteen years ago, when Anne was eighty years old, we affirmed the call that propelled her all of her days. We confirmed her life and ministry with a service of ordination. She never sought ordination. She never thought she needed it. She was right....
Jul 9, 2014 | Encouraging Words
I was shopping for groceries recently when a lady shoved a can of biscuits at me and asked, “Have you had these before?” Not really knowing what she was asking, I disclaimed, “I haven’t had that brand of biscuit before.” She said, “Me neither, but I need the cheapest...
Jul 8, 2014 | Tuesday Prayers
Your love, Jesus, is an ocean with no shore to bound it. And if I plunge into it, I carry with me all the possessions I have. You know, Lord, what these possessions are: the souls you have seen fit to link with mine. — Therese of Lisieux...