Oh my goodness! How many weeks have we been worshipping at home now? Sixteen, can you believe it? Please, pandemic, go away. We are so tired of the virus but as Dr. Fauci reminds us, the virus is not yet tired of us. So we continue for the good of our neighbors to worship at…
Good morning, my younger Emmanuel friends! First things first! Before you listen to my homily, go get a cold cup of water from your kitchen. (With your parent’s permission, of course!) I will wait while you go get one. Waiting….. Got it! Great! You can sip on that cool cup of water while you listen.…
Emmanuel’s Guitar Circle: Beth Boland, Stewart Bartley, Bucky Mills & Jennifer Jones perform the Celtic hymn, “Be Thou My Vision.” Socially distanced recorded. Ryan Fitch, Producer. Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heartNaught be all else to me, save that Thou artThou my best Thought, by day or by nightWaking or sleeping, Thy…
Emmanuel’s Guitar Circle: Beth Boland, Stewart Bartley, Bucky Mills & Jennifer Jones perform “Alleluia No. 1” Socially distanced recorded. Ryan Fitch, Producer. Chorus Alleluia alleluiaGive thanks to the Risen LordAlleluia alleluiaGive praise to His Name Verse 1 Jesus is Lord of all the earthHe is the King of creation Verse 2 Spread the good news…
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“What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 I’ve always felt comfort taking in this verse from Micah. It is firm yet pliant. Prescriptive yet open to interpretation. My name is Christian Simpson, and my family has been at…
Happy Father’s Day! Happy Summer Solstice! I am hoping this Sunday will be just gorgeous outside so that you can worship under the sun. (I am recording this a bit early as I am currently on vacation! So, for all I know it might be pouring down rain outside!) And before I begin “Of the…
Click below to read and view the full story by reporter and guest blogger, Rebecca Burnett. “I’m more that what they called me.”: Loudon woman traces her family tree to Oatlands Plantation. By 1860, Oatlands Plantation enslaved 133 people. Through research of her own, Loudoun County resident Ellen Thaxton has discovered several of her family…
Click below to read and view the full story by reporter and guest blogger, Rebecca Burnett. “Virginia Theological Seminary identifies 5 enslaved people in reparations research.” In 2019, the Virginia Theological Seminary pledged reparations to the descendants of slaves who built buildings on campus and worked on the grounds. VTS has since launched a research…
Based on the song “Good, Good Father.” Story by Chris Tomlin & Pat Barrett. Illustrated by Lorna Hussey. Click here for: Kindle Version Available Free Hardcover Version Board Book Version for Little Ones (No copyright infringement intended.) I hope you enjoyed the story! God is a good, good father — and a good, good mother…
I would not consider myself the smartest man in the room. I know lots of folks who really are the smartest people in the room. I have a lot of respect for those “brainiacs.” I would, however, consider myself a reasonable man. A good man. A kind man. A compassionate man. An Irish-American man who…
Object suggested: A newspaper or magazine that has a headline of good news. Click here for an example. Good news makes us feel happy. When you return home after being away for a while your dog wags its tail showing happiness. That you came home is good news to your dog. There are many things that…
Hi everyone, thank you for gathering with us today. As you know, today is the 14th Sunday we have worshipped at home. I don’t know about all of you but I’ve recently noticed that since the coronavirus became the huge thing that it is on our planet, writers in all kinds of media have been…
Here is a biblical tale on a biblical scale of the Lord God Almighty trying to get his people’s attention. Sometimes God whispers with that “still small voice” and sometimes God uses a megaphone. Jeremiah, the 7th century B.C. “weeping prophet” was definitely one of these. His book is one of “the most stark and pessimistic in all of biblical…
