by ccvadmin | Nov 4, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 167 (November 4, 2020) The Apostle Paul, who penned thirteen of the epistles in the New Testament is arguably the most influential person, outside of Jesus Christ of course, in the history of Christianity. And yet many of his contemporaries...
by ccvadmin | Nov 3, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 166 (November 3, 2020) In his 2009 book Have a Little Faith Mitch Albom recounts conversations he had with various religious leaders, including a rabbi, Albert Lewis (affectionately known as “Reb). In one of these conversations Rabbi Lewis told...
by ccvadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 165 (November 2, 2020) In his early fifties the great Anglican priest and poet John Donne (1572-1631) suffered what he fully expected to be a terminal illness. During his illness he wrote Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624). In describing...
by ccvadmin | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 164 (October 30, 2020) In December 1990 The Judds (Naomi and daughter Wynonna) released a gorgeous country song about the most important thing in the world: love (what else could it be?). In “Love Can Build a Bridge” they sing: “I’d gladly...
by ccvadmin | Oct 29, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 163 (October 29, 2020) One of the greatest gifts we can give one another is the gift of listening. Think about it. Who do you turn to when you really need help? Who are your closest friends? Who in your family do you confide in more than...
by ccvadmin | Oct 28, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 162 (October 28, 2020) One of the best, if not THE best, books about God’s grace is Grace in Practice (2007) by Paul Zahl. He describes grace this way: “Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give in return. Grace is love...
by ccvadmin | Oct 27, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 161 (October 27, 2020) The term “grace under pressure” denotes someone who not only remains calm under pressure, but also remains kind—even to those who may be causing the pressure in the first place. In the business world “grace under pressure”...
by ccvadmin | Oct 26, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace: October 26, 2020 One of my favorite songs from the 90’s is by singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins-a Georgia native: a song of hope called “Lullaby.” As a youth minister driving vanloads of teenagers on overnight trips, I was always...
by ccvadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 159 (October 23, 2020) One of my favorite movies from the 60’s is Easy Rider (1969), the classic counterculture film about the two friends Wyatt and Billy (played by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper respectively) who take a journey on their...
by ccvadmin | Oct 22, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 158 (October 22, 2020) One of the most celebrated American writers of the nineteenth century was the troubled genius Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). In addition to his picturesque and unsettling short stories like “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The...
