The practice that we are looking at this week is Vocation, or as Barbara Brown Taylor puts it, “The Practice of Living with Purpose.” I feel like this is an especially fitting practice for us, as our paid vocations all reside at the same organization. However,...
Emotional intelligence, emotional quotient and EQ – we’ve all heard these terms, which describe the ability to manage and accept responsibility for our own emotions. And, we’ve heard that it’s one of the most valuable skills a person can learn.But how do we learn it?Understanding...
This week’s practice in Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar in the World is the “Practice of Wearing Skin.” This is the idea that we need to be aware of the fact that God’s design for us includes a physical body, and we need to be...
As we are looking at different passages from Psalms this month, I can’t help but spend a week on my favorite Psalm, which also happens to be one of my favorite passages in the entire Bible. Psalm 126:1-3 says, When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we...
As today begins May, we are going to begin a new study topic for our weekly devos. We will spend the month of May looking at different verses from the book of Psalms, and see what God has for us from this book of songs...
Since we skipped last week (things were a little hectic with added Spring Break activities), today we are going to combine the fruits of kindness and goodness. Out of all the fruits, we most commonly hear about these two in tandem, so I think it...
So, I don’t know how many of us who work for Methodist Family Health are actually members of the United Methodist Church. However, even if you are not a practicing member of the UMC, you have probably seen, either on the news or social media,...
In Luke 10, just before telling the parable of the Good Samaritan, we are reminded that the greatest commandment is, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your...
Hey guys! Sorry the devotional blog has been MIA the past several weeks. This year at Christmas, we were able to take wish lists and provide gifts for over 182 clients across our various programs, as well as many different Christmas activities for our kids...
"Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10 I don’t know about you, but I...
