Posts by Karen Rich

I wrote on this subject once before, but circumstances justify a repeat.  We, First Presbyterian Church of Battle Creek, Michigan, are welcoming a new Teaching Elder.  We may call him…

Isaiah 58: 6-8 “Is not this the fast that I choose:           to loose the bonds of injustice,           to undo the thongs of the yoke,      to let the oppressed go free,…

(The last Sunday before Lent is Transfiguration Sunday.) Christians around the world celebrate Transfiguration Sunday, today Sunday February 19th.  This scripture in Matthew is only part of the event on the mountain.…

“Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share…

In years past, I remember the “bad___” mantra, a misstatement of Luke 6: 31, saying “Do unto others.. first!”  In other words, get the upper hand, the advantage, no matter…

On September 26, of last year, an amazing thing happened. A space mission conducted by NASA, sent a spacecraft called DART, into space and successfully intercepted an asteroid called Dimorphos.…

“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and…

  One day Jesus said to his disciples, “let’s cross to the other side of the lake.”  So they got into a boat and started out. But soon a fierce…

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and…