06/01/2020 - Context Matters
"Reduced to insidious suffering or raised to new heights of gratitude, we fashion our responses to God ...
Devotionals
Devotionals
05/25/2020 - What Are We Waiting For?
"So what if this is what we were waiting for?"— Rev. Alison Buttrick Patton
05/18/2020 - God Is Giving Power To The People
"Can we affirm that our awesome God is giving power and strength to God’s people?" — Rev. Frank Basler
05/11/2020 - No Test Required
"Jesus never ever asked any of His followers or anyone at all for that matter to pass a test, cite a ...
05/04/2020 - Peace Beyond the Platitudes
"Jesus doesn’t say that peace is instantaneous." — Rev. Dr. Jonathan Chapman
04/27/2020 - Green Pastures
'Yet, into a global pandemic, we have these amazing words from Psalm 23." — Rev. Johanna Hattendorf
04/20/2020 - Glimpses of Resurrection on the Road
"What does it mean to be on the lookout for resurrection in each step?" — Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager
04/13/2020 - Encounter the Divine
"To seek is an active verb, not passive. It prompts us to do something, to take action, to go looking and...
04/06/2020 - Opened & Closed
"So, there is no blame... only how we think and pray and choose to live in each new now." — Rev. John ...
03/30/2020 - No Parades
"We can invent new ways of showing mercy, bringing the grace and peace of Jesus Christ into the world, ...
03/23/2020 - Been a Sinner All My Life
"We forget what it is to need forgiveness ourselves." — Rev. Leanne Walt
03/16/2020 - Cup Runneth Over
"Whatever we might want to frame as hopeless, God encourages us to take another look through the lens of ...
03/09/2020 - The Disappeared
"There is always a quality of healing in a circle; an integration of separated parts." — Rev. Lindsey ...
03/02/2020 - Reflecting With a Woodstork Among The Trees
"Hope flies anew as we dare to believe that all things are possible."— Rev. Fran Bogle
02/24/2020 - Preparing The Way
"Consider instead your empty hands. What could they hold, offer or create?" — Rev. Amy Bruch
02/16/2020 - Jesus Shines Brighter
"It is winter, but Jesus is shining regardless of weather conditions." — Rev. Barbara Kershner
02/10/2020 - The Thief of Joy
"Comparison puts us into a fortress of judgment and limits the field of vision that we use." — Rev. ...
02/03/2020 - Engaging Turbulence
"When faced with turbulent times, are we called to turn inward, or are we called to actively engage?" — ...
01/27/2020 - The Door is Open — Come On In
"If the door seems closed, we should not give up and walk away, but take time to reflect on our lives and...
01/20/2020 - Ever Changing Call
"As we grow and learn and live, our call can shift right along with it."— Kevin Williams
01/13/2020 - Come and See
"'Come and see"... not a command, an invitation." — Rev. Sara Ofner-Seals
01/06/2020 - Wading in Deep Waters
"The past, it turns out, was prologue." — Rev. Max Grant
12/30/2019 - Spirit Among Us
Rev. Shepard Parsons shared a story of the Spirit shaping a difficult moment.
12/23/2019 - Paradoxical Christmas
"We cannot encounter the true joy of Christmas without also facing the sorrows born of loss, suffering ...
12/16/2019 - In Dreams
The Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager is a Senior Associate Minister at The First Congregational Church of Old...
12/09/2019 - Signs and Wonders
"As we celebrate the Prince of Peace, where exactly is the peace?" — Rev. Sue Foster
12/02/2019 - It’s a Wilderness Out There
"Too many of those we might turn to for help act more like Pharisees than The Baptists."—Rev. Pat Kriss
11/25/2019 - Still Here
"The “Son of Man” does not come to us with trumpets, but with the quiet insistence of a thief on a ...
11/18/2019 - The Good Old Days?
"Churches know a little something about pining for the good old days, don’t we?" — Rev. Dr. Jeffrey ...
11/11/2019 - Painful and Grace-filled
"It is now our calling my friends. It is a holy calling – one filled with grief and grace." — Rev. Matt ...
11/04/2019 - Children of God, Children of the Resurrection
"Remember who you are, and 'put feet on your prayers.'" — Rev. Zachary Mabe
10/28/2019 - Transforming Love
"I’m sometimes disappointed that transgression is not a fruit of the spirit." — Rev. Isaac Lawson
10/21/2019 - Seeing The Other
"The word 'immigrant' further divides us as a nation, making 'others' a more explicit notion that drifts ...
10/11/2019 - The Power of Persistence
"Church, we may grow weary at times, but let us take heart in the knowledge that we are not alone." — ...
10/04/2019 - Thankful for Healing
"Have we been healed? Have we thanked God for the healings?" — Rev. Lee Ireland
09/27/2019 - Take A Deep Breath
"Some of my best laughs came three years ago when I realized how frustrated I was getting at the lack of ...
09/23/2019 - Says Who?
"Ignoring the voices that make us uncomfortable is surely not the answer." — Rev. Alison Buttrick Patton
09/16/2019 - Prayers for Other and Ourselves
"When we pray for others we are also praying for ourselves." — Rev. Shepard Parsons
09/09/2019 - Mercy in the Middle
"We have a Mercy problem in America today." — Rev. Shawn Fisher
09/01/2019 - Incalculable
"The true costs of following a cal are incalculable." — Rev. Dr. Todd Grant Yonkman
08/26/2019 - Musical Chairs
Jesus plays a musical chairs of sorts on the community banquet. —Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager
08/19/2019 - Not Just A _____________
"You, child of God, are known and precious and way more than enough." — Rev. Erick Olsen
08/12/2019 - A House Divided
"I would have thought that Jesus wants us to all get along together, but this passage seems to say that ...
08/05/2019 - By Faith
"What is pulling at your heart today?" — Rev. Larissa Forsythe
07/29/2019 - Warning: Greed is Hazardous to Your Life
"Neither the size of one’s barns nor the value of one’s stock portfolio counts in God’s economy."—Rev. ...
07/22/2019 - Content Warning: Domestic Abuse
"The God that I serve and preach is one of relationships based on mutuality, empowerment, and ...
07/15/2019 - Less
"Jesus knows the hard work required to find time with God." —Rev. Sue Foster
07/08/2019 - Likewise
"We take a beat to try to understand what has shaped their views to be what they are today, and seek ...
07/01/2019 - No-Brianer
"If there ever was such a thing as a biblical “no-brainer”, the directions for what to do in order to be ...
06/24/2019 - Love Your Neighbor
Drew Page is the Digital Media Editor for the CT, MA, and RI Conferences of the UCC. Scripture: ...