by ccvadmin | Apr 27, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 30 (April 27, 2020) Many years ago as a seminarian the homiletics (preaching) professor told us something I dutifully scribbled down in my notebook, “Good preaching comforts the afflicted, and afflicts the comfortable.” I remember thinking how...
by ccvadmin | Apr 24, 2020 | News
Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta “The Direct Object of Your Hope” (1 Peter 1:18-21) April 26, 2020 Dave Johnson In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Today I am preaching about something we all need, especially right now, something more important than your...
by ccvadmin | Apr 24, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 29: April 24, 2020 One thing many of us-okay, all of us-struggle with is anger. This anger can have many sources, but is usually somehow connected with what we acknowledge on Ash Wednesday as “our anger at our own frustration” (The...
by ccvadmin | Apr 23, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace: April 23, 2020 Many years ago I heard a bishop from Africa preach about the difference between grace and mercy: grace is getting what you do not deserve, while mercy is not getting what you do deserve. Grace is what God gives us every day...
by ccvadmin | Apr 22, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace #27: April 22, 2020 One of my favorite saints is St. Francis of Assisi (died 1226), whose life of voluntary poverty and kindness to all, even animals, left an indelible mark for good on our world. This beautifully and theologically loaded prayer...
by ccvadmin | Apr 21, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace #26: April 21, 2020 As a young youth minister in my early twenties I was asked by the chaplain of the Fairfax County Detention Center to lead a Sunday afternoon service for the inmates. I showed up in a shirt and tie, a neat outline of a brief...
by ccvadmin | Apr 20, 2020 | News
Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta “God’s Love is Greater than Your Doubt” (John 20:24-29) April 19, 2020 Dave Johnson In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Every single year on the Second Sunday of Easter the appointed gospel lesson is always the same: the...
by ccvadmin | Apr 20, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 25: April 20, 2020 When I was a preteen in Northern Virginia there was a World War II veteran at our church. He was affectionately known as Maj-none of us knew his actual name. Every Sunday after church there was an open invitation for any middle...
by ccvadmin | Apr 17, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 24 (April 17, 2020) When you walk with a young child across the street or along a treacherous section of a hiking trail, you take their hand into yours, and you don’t let go. If they slip or stumble, they will be fine because you are still...
by ccvadmin | Apr 16, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 23 (April 16, 2020) My favorite teacher from elementary school was my sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Cole. She was the best. She taught us, laughed with us, and we could all tell she really loved us, really cared. She introduced me to the novels of...
