Posts by Karen Rich
You Can
“My Child, never forget the things I have taught you.” Proverbs 3:1a. How and when do we grieve? Should I be down-trodden, wear burlap cloth and remove…
Read MoreOne Step at a Time
The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Psalm 37:23 Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light…
Read MoreGetting Political
On NPR’s “Fresh Air,” aired May 19, 2022, host Dave Davies related this story, “In 2020, Daniel Darling, an evangelical author and spokesman for the National Religious Broadcasters, spoke out in…
Read MoreThe Gift of Silence
“Be still and know that I am God.” Ps. 46:10 According to Meister Eckhart, a fourteenth-century Dominican mystic, “There is nothing so much like God as silence.” Several years ago,…
Read MoreI Am With You
I don’t know about you, but I find that I sometimes struggle with my faith. I don’t feel that I am a bad Christian or anything. There are just times…
Read MoreBalancing May
As spring progresses, the world starts blooming and greening and growing! The tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and iris provide color and natural beauty. The hostas and grass seem to grow while…
Read MoreBecoming a Moving Prayer
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Last time, we talked about the three…
Read MoreComplaint and Hope
“How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? Why do you make me look at…
Read MoreSpring Has Arrived!
Shout with joy to the Lord,all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Psalm 100:1-2 Spring has arrived and with it comes an invitation…
Read MoreMan’s Dominion Over All the Earth
In Genesis 1:4-31 the Creation of the Earth and Mankind is described and in it God gives Man the charge of ruling over, or the dominion of, all living creatures…
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