This psalm contains the favorite, often quoted verse, “Be still, and know that I am God” (v. 10).
https://www.nextsunday.com/formations-05-05-2024-be-still-and-know/
I knew a woman who had been a dancer. Later in life, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and as the disease took its physical toll.
https://www.nextsunday.com/connections-05-05-2024-we-are-witnesses/
“Do More in 2024” first started showing up in our church email newsletter in January, and from the first instance, it’s been like fingernails on a chalkboard to my weary spirit.
https://www.nextsunday.com/a-view-from-the-pew-doing-more-by-doing-less/
My southern grandmother had a saying she used most every day: “Get your goat.” It was one of those wonderful phrases that could be employed in any number of relevant situations.
How do you show compassion for others? Did you help others when you were a child, or is it something you have started recently?
Author Anne Lamott wrote a book about what she considered the “three essential prayers.” And what are these prayers? She says they are Help, Thanks, and Wow.
Twenty-four years ago this October, I got engaged to my beloved boyfriend. We married nine months later on a hot July day.
https://www.nextsunday.com/connections-04-28-2024-fruitfulness-and-friendship/
Tomorrow. The word alone is enough to give pause, for wrapped in its syllables are promise and hope. There is the grace of time, too, which we will surely need now and then. I like the fact, Lord...
This prayer activity is suitable for groups of children or even a whole congregation as long as you have enough bricks. Have an adult or child to lead the prayers for each group, however big.
It’s no secret that I loved school as a child. One of my favorite parts about going back to school was buying school supplies. Even if I had pens and pencils at home, I wanted new ones for scho...