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…
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…
Music and lyrics by Matthew West Performed by Chris & Rachel Piemonte Mercy is a song, singing to my heart,Telling me it’s ok, come just as you are,I never heard a melody, like the one that’s singing over me,And I just wanna sing along, ’cause mercy is a song. Freedom is a choir, swaying back…
Object suggested: Piano music, woodworker’s tools, pictures of sea life. If you want to learn something new, what would be the best way to go about doing that? Finding a good teacher is very helpful. Perhaps you want to learn to play the piano. Wouldn’t you want to spend time with the best teacher you could…
Today is Trinity Sunday. It’s also the 13th week of worshiping from home. By now we’ve all gotten a little more comfortable with this model of worshipping and we’ve discovered we can “go to church” any time of day or night that works for us all week long. Gotta love technology. Thank you Joani for…
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…
Big people: please consider asking a bilingual friend(s) to help with this lesson.] Hi everyone. Thank you for clicking on this option to hear a lesson. We miss you at church and we can’t wait until we can all be back together again in church. Do any of you speak two languages? What a wonderful…
The scriptures you read today are about the story of the Ascension in the Book of Acts. The lectionary places today’s gospel, John 17:1-11 – Jesus’ prayer concerning unity – at the end of the Easter season; but in John’s gospel the prayer for unity among His followers occurs at the end of the last supper, so that…
