Focus on Faith Weekly Devotional

As sometimes happens, I was struggling with what to write about on this date, as we write our devotionals 4 – 6 weeks in advance.   I looked at the…

In my last devotional, we looked at the creation story in Genesis 1-2 where God creates the physical universe according to an unseen natural order, then shift gears and creates…

Be joyful always; pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.  I Thess. 5:16-18 Can you recall a time when you…

Psalm 3:3-4 – But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the Lord, and he answers me…

Oh, how grateful I am to live in a place of four seasons. Today, after the shock of cold freezing rain in May, I was thinking that there are days…

My understanding of the Bible is it is all about relationships: God’ relationship with creation, God’s relationship with human beings, and human beings’ relationship with each other.  During my recent…

Two months ago, I wrote a devotional about the trials we all must at times face, couched in phrases like “fiery ordeals” and “crucifixions of the heart.” I was primarily…

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.…