When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind...

God's fire is meant to purify and re-create. The dross is burned away and we are left as the beings we are meant to be. New life begins...

Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and...

Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the Israelites. ~ Exodus...

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his...

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger...

One of the guiding inspirations for our Advent series on Light is singer/songwriter Michael Card. His song, The Promise, testifies to the...

Now in that same region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord...

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. ~ Proverbs 4:18 My...

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined. For the...

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not...

One of the most beautiful Communion hymns is the Catholic hymn, One Bread, One Body. It is a reminder that at God's table, we are...

There are many Psalms that capture the gratitude that Thanksgiving is centered on. Perhaps none better than Psalm 100. If you are stuck...

Martin Luther included morning and evening prayers in his catechism. I include those today as prayer you may want to consider adding to...

What is the Sacrament of the Altar? Answer. It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the bread and wine, given to us...

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions. Wash me...

Luther finished "The Lord's Prayer" with a resounding "AMEN." Here is the great old spiritual, "Amen," sung by Sidney Poitier and some...

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water,...

(Traditional: For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever) Contemporary: For the Kingdom, and the power, and...

Traditional: But deliver us from evil. Contemporary: And deliver us from evil. When he came to the other side, to the region of the...