by ccvadmin | Jun 8, 2021 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 258 (June 8, 2021) During his first imprisonment in Rome the Apostle Paul wrote his Letter to the Philippians, a letter replete with the theme of joy: “I rejoice, yes, and I will continue to rejoice” (Philippians 1:18), “make my joy complete”...
by ccvadmin | Jun 7, 2021 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 257 (June 7, 2021) The penultimate song of Bob Dylan’s 1975 masterpiece album Blood on the Tracks is the hauntingly beautiful song about something each of needs from time to time “Shelter from the Storm,” a song about a cynical burned out...
by ccvadmin | Jun 4, 2021 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 256 (June 4, 2021) The three books that have influenced the development of the English language more than any others are The Book of Common Prayer, the Works of William Shakespeare, and the King James Version of the Bible (aka the Authorized...
by ccvadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 255 (June 3, 2021) When you meet someone for the first time, after exchanging names and pleasantries the next question is often, “So what do you do?” meaning “What is your career?” Many 17 and 18 year old high school graduates go to college in...
by ccvadmin | Jun 2, 2021 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 254 (June 2, 2021) In his 1949 book The Weight of Glory C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) insightfully and unsettlingly observes a very important distinction when it comes to God’s forgiveness: “I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am...
