Submitted by Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, Chaplain Immediately the skin disease left him. And [Jesus] ordered him to tell no one. “But go, show yourself to the priest, and, as Moses commanded, make an offering for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” – Luke 5:13b-14 (NRSVUE) Jesus cures this man’s disease, but he knows that […]
Details
Submitted by Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, Chaplain You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You discern my going out and lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. – Psalm 139:1 & 3 (NIV) Details. They can be interesting. They can be boring. They can be disturbing. Most often, we’d […]
Return to the Deep Sources
Submitted by Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, Chaplain Open my eyes, so that I may behold the wondrous things out of your law. I live as an alien in the land, do not hide your commandments from me. – Psalm 119:18-19 (NRSV) “Return to the deep sources,” wrote poet May Sarton. “Nothing less will nourish the […]
Whose Body? Our Body!
This month’s devotional submission is authored by Phiwa Langeni who is passionate about helping people see that different doesn’t have to be dangerous. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every […]
Maybe You Could Lower the Bar?
This month’s devotion submission was written by Pastor Mary Luti. Jesus said, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” – John 13:35 (NRSV) Ack. There it is again. The thing that signals to the world that we belong to you, Jesus. Love. Love among disciples. Love […]
Chaplain’s Message: Different Places, Same People?
This month’s meditation is authored by Kenneth L. Samuel, Pastor of Victory for the World Church, Decatur, Georgia. Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. Some of them, however—men from Cyprus and […]
Meet Our Resident: Carolyn A.
“Whatever you make of it.” Carolyn Adams summarizes a lot of her life in those words. She was born—one of four children to her parents–in the Blackwell, Oklahoma area and raised in Lamont on a wheat farm, eventually moving to Ark City and attended Pittsburg State graduating in 1966 with a degree in Education (teaching). […]
Chaplain’s Message: Our Daily Bread (Fill in the Blank)
Submitted by Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, Chaplain Give us this day our daily bread. – Matthew 6:11 (NRSV) I’ve prayed the Lord’s Prayer since childhood. When the pandemic started five years ago, the prayer took on a deeper meaning, especially the line about daily bread. When the world shut down, I learned time and […]
Heart Meditations
Submitted by Rev. Dr. Diana C Leaf, Chaplain Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. – Psalm 19:14 (NRSV) This verse, sometimes prayed on its own, comes at the end of a psalm that celebrates God’s awesome power as […]
Multiple Choice
Submitted by Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, Chaplain They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But God called to the man and […]