Today’s author is Prince of Peace member, Bob Reichman. Ezekiel 37: 1-14 (Valley of Dry Bones) The story of the Valley of Dry Bones is ultimately about hope against all odds. I included this song/poem I wrote as a teenager in the Adult Forum that Marilyn and I...
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member, Bob Reichman Ezekiel 37: 1-14 (Valley of Dry Bones) As a child, and well into adulthood, I was very thin. So thin, in fact, that one of my dad’s favorite nicknames for me was “Bones,” as in, “You’re nothing but skin and…” I...
Today’s author is Prince of Peace’s Intentional Interim Pastor, Steve Sylvester. Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14 “Prophesy to these bones…” In Ezekiel’s dry bones story, four times God tells the prophet to prophesy, to speak to the bones. And it’s not just that the...
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Carol Swanson After my dad retired, he took up cross stitching as a hobby. While on a visit with Dad, he was flipping through a cross-stitch catalogue. He showed me this quote from Thomas Merton and asked me what I...
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Carol Swanson …and he is namedWonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6b) Maybe you are like me. When I hear or read Isaiah 9 and it gets to the part about a child born, a son...
Gather, the magazine of Women of the ELCA, offers a mix of articles, theological reflections, devotions and stories of comfort and challenge that help readers grow in faith and engage in ministry and action. If you are looking for an Advent devotional, gather has one...
