Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. --Psalm 139:23-24 Beloved, we once again find ourselves in the profound season of Lent. It is a formative time of praying, fasting, examination...
‘Be still, and know that I am God!I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.'The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. -- Psalm 46:8-11 (NRSV) Just a few short months ago, The United Methodist Church gathered in Charlotte, NC, to hold our...
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” -- Psalm 34:18 Beloved, The leaders and members of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Area join me in grieving the loss of life aboard American Eagle Flight 5342 and a...
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light...
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant. Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name; indeed...
Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I will say, Rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all...
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom God favors!” -- Luke 2:13-14 If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If...
From Bishop LaTrelle Miller EasterlingEpiscopal Leader of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Area May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. -- Romans 15:13 “I hope I can keep...
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. – Matthew 5:6 Beloved of God: The presidential election has been held and our nation elected a new administration. There are those who are rejoicing. There are those who are...
[Jesus] went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day, he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:“The Spirit of the Lord is on...
