SOUTHERN HILLS

Read: Daniel 1:1-8; Philippians 2:12-13; Galatians 5:16-26 Have you ever had a phrase from a commercial or the catchy lyric from a song...

Read Hebrews 4:14-16 We have, once again, entered into the weeks just prior to Easter. Maybe that is why I am pondering how I might tell...

Read: Psalm 103:1-14 I was flipping through the TV channels. I wanted to avoid some of the news, but when the teaser promoted a story...

Read: Acts 12:1-11 We have a Honey Crisp apple tree in the backyard. Well over a year ago, we noticed that it was growing crooked. To...

Read: Exodus 3-4; 2 Corinthians 4:6-10 I have two sets of measuring cups. That's convenient because I have been known to abandon one of...

Read: Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 6:7-8; Matthew 7:9-10; James 1:17 In the past, we have ordered one or two things on line to be picked up at...

Read: 1 Samuel 12:1-25 There are many beautiful truths those of us who belong to Jesus embrace. Words like justification, sanctification...

Read: Romans 3:9-20; Romans 5:6-11 I was talking with a friend this week concerning the fact that neither of us enjoys fiction books that...

Read: Joshua 14:1-15 A gap year, like anything else, can be a fruitful growing time or simply be a delaying of the next steps of life....

This week I read a blog that addressed the question: “What is your favorite Christmas song?” I've been pondering that off and on since I...

Read: Genesis 16:1-6; Isaiah 30:18-19 As is customary for us, we put up the Christmas tree during the second week in December. This year,...

Read: Romans 8:18-25; 1 Corinthians 15:51-58; Revelation 21:1-7 Last Sunday's sermon made me laugh. We had a guest speaker, and his...

Read: Luke 2:25-35; Psalm 130:5-6 As I write this, there are fewer than three weeks until Christmas and less than a month before we will...

Read: Isaiah 53:1-12; Luke 23:39-43 Imagine being in prison for 39 years. Now imagine that you were innocent, and that the lies of a...

Read: Acts 4:13-22; Acts 26:24-29 Many years ago, before I was married, my family used to occasionally visit my step-mother's mother....

Read: 1 Peter 1:18-20 On Monday morning, I was watching the Veterans Day Ceremony from Arlington National Cemetery. I love it that time...

Read Jeremiah 8:4-12; Jeremiah 8:18-22; Jeremiah 9:1-2 This week, I burned my hand on the upper coil of our new oven. It isn't a terrible...

Read: 2 Kings 6:8-17; Genesis 45:1-8; Genesis 50:14-21 My husband enjoys creating useful and beautiful things with his hands, and now...

Read: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 Have you ever tried to listen to the radio at night and dealt with the challenge of two stations bleeding into...

Read: Luke 17:11-17; Matthew 9:35-36; Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 1:40-41 Last Sunday, Pastor Mark encouraged us to be real as we relate to...