Posts by Karen Rich

“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.”…

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it…

Anxiety is defined as a feeling of distress, unease, apprehension, and worry due to future uncertainty or something with an uncertain outcome.  We live in a world that’s in a…

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which…

Tucked away in the story of Adam and Eve, almost like a side note, we find this little nugget: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the…

I want to share with you all a devotion that I shared with the deacons a few years ago. It is a devotion originally written for “By The Way” and…

    Bob Seger and Chevrolet made “Like a Rock” famous, and synonymous with durability and never failing reliability.         Seger sings a lament for times gone by,…

A blind beggar named Bartimaeus was sitting by the side of the road. When he heard that Jesus was nearby, he began to shout to get Jesus’ attention. When Jesus…

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than…

Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth! Worship the LORD with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us, and…