by ccvadmin | Nov 18, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 177 (November 18, 2020) An especially powerful prayer in The Book of Common Prayer is this prayer for healing: “I lay my hands upon you in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, beseeching him to uphold you and fill you with his grace,...
by ccvadmin | Nov 17, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 176 (November 17, 2020) An episode of ESPN’s fascinating documentary series 30 for 30—“Brian and the Boz”—focused on the life and career of Brian Bosworth, aka “The Boz,” a superstar college linebacker who played for the Oklahoma Sooners in the...
by ccvadmin | Nov 16, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 175 (November 16, 2020) Several years ago I was at the middle school graduation for one of our kids. There was the endless stream of awards for every conceivable academic subject and activity, even perfect attendance. There was the painful...
by ccvadmin | Nov 13, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 174 (November 13, 2020) In the fall of 1995 my young family lived in Sheridan, Wyoming. On a beautiful late September day we drove west nearly four hours to Yellowstone National Park. We stopped at the big entrance sign and took a photo, and...
by ccvadmin | Nov 12, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 173 (November 12, 2020) One of the most popular British rock bands of the 90’s was The Verve. Their biggest hit was their Grammy-nominated 1997 smash “Bitter Sweet Symphony” in which lead singer Richard Ashcroft sings, “It’s a bittersweet...
by ccvadmin | Nov 11, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 172 (November 11, 2020) One of the greatest basketball coaches ever was the legendary John Wooden (1910 – 2010), who died when he was ninety-nine. He coached the UCLA Bruins to ten NCAA championships in twelve seasons, including a record seven...
by ccvadmin | Nov 10, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 171 (November 10, 2020) A particularly powerful collect (brief, theologically loaded prayer) in The Book of Common Prayer is this one: “Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we...
by ccvadmin | Nov 9, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 170 (November 9, 2020) A particularly fascinating book written by the “Father of the National Parks”, John Muir (1838-1914), is The Yosemite (1912), in which he describes “riding” an avalanche: “The wallowing ascent had taken nearly all day, the...
by ccvadmin | Nov 8, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 168 (November 5, 2020) One of the most powerful moments of grace I ever experienced happened in my 8th grade Latin class. As we were conjugating verbs one day I was completely checked out, writing a gushing love letter (in the dark ages we did...
by ccvadmin | Nov 6, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 169 (November 6, 2020) An often overlooked brilliant singer-songwriter is Kris Kristofferson, who wrote “Me and Bobby McGee” (one of Janis Joplin’s most famous hits), “Sunday Morning Comin’ Down” (a hit for Johnny Cash) and many others. In...
