Posts by Karen Rich

“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.  So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord…  Rather,…

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make…

With the beginning of each new day, in my prayers, I ask God to reveal His will for me. Sometimes the direction He wants me to follow is uncomfortable and…

“But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place;…

The book of John is recommended reading for the Alpha Course, in which I participated in different capacities. John did not write Jesus’ life story, instead he provided to us…

“What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man that you visit him?  For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and…

“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the…

From our lectionary readings for the first upcoming Sunday in Advent, the Prophet Isaiah writes: “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains…

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy –…