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This past month, I took some vacation time and accompanied my wife to New Haven, Connecti ...

Friends, With the risk of exposing too much information about myself, I will share wit ...

Friends in Christ, Well, half of the year has passed. I know this to be a physical realit ...

Friends in Christ, Many towns and states have laid claim to the honor of being the source ...

Dear friends in Christ, Pentecost is one of the major seasons of the Christian year.  It ...

He is not here, but has risen! (Luke 24:6a - ESV) Easter has arrived. It is a time in wh ...

Dear Friends, March is here and with it the customarily erratic weather. There are seve ...

Friends,   Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. If you haven’t picked up ...

Merry Christmas, You may think that my greeting is a bit late. Well, it is not. You see ...

Friends, Thanksgiving is over and Advent is upon us. The turkey has disappeared and the ...

Friends,   For many, Thanksgiving Day is the last moment of rest before the ons ...

Friends, As I have said, on more than one occasion, the nature of country music is to t ...

Friends,   September is here and so are all the signs of September: school supp ...

August is here and despite the relatively mild nature of the weather right now so are the ...

Independence Day  As a nation, we are about to celebrate Independence Day or as it is mor ...

While reading many of the recent accounts of the persecution of Christians in Africa and t ...

There are a variety of Christian writers who have filled my bookshelves with their ramblin ...

    Dear Friends in Christ, The reading from the psalter for March 26 is Psal ...

Dear friends in Christ,   While out at the Alexandria Presbyterian Church Cemetery ...

Dear friends in Christ, In the heated dialog of the current political arena, it appears t ...

Dear Friends in Christ, A couple of decades ago, a fellow colleague in ministry and frien ...

Dear friends in Christ,   I trust that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day Holiday ...

Dear friends, From my observations, whenever pastors write a November Newsletter or for t ...

Dear Friends in Christ,   In our Confirmation Class, we are looking at the Great En ...

Dear friends in Christ,   I am writing you just before the Labor Day weekend. If yo ...

Dear friends in Christ, As I listened to the news this week, about yet another terrorist ...

Dear Friends in Christ,   The nature of country music is to tell a story. Good coun ...

Dear Friends in Christ, Do not fret—it leads only to evil. (Psalm 37:8) “Don’t worry be ...

Matthew 9:16-17 (NIV)  16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for th ...

Easter has arrived and now we as the church wait upon Pentecost. Easter is the most import ...

When: Sunday, March 27 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm Where: Holiday Bowl Rt. 22 East ...

In spite of bad weather, 75 people attended and received Holy Communion at the Community A ...

The First Presbyterian Church of Alexandria is hosting the Juniata Valley Ministerium Ash ...

Psalter  Morning Psalm 119:97-120 contains three Stanzas corresponding to the Hebrew ...

Psalter  Morning Psalm 119:73-96 contains three Stanzas corresponding to the Hebrew l ...

Psalter  Morning Psalm 119:49-72 contains three stanzas corresponding to the Hebrew l ...

Gospel Reading  Luke 7:28-35 follows John's messengers coming and questioning Jesus. Wi ...

Old Testament Reading  Isaiah 5:1-7 is often referred to as the song of the vineyard and ...

Psalm 119 (or Psalm 118 in the Septuagint) is the longest psalm in the Psalter. It is als ...

Psalter  Morning: Psalm 44 Psalm 44:1-26 has three distinct sections. The first section ...

Old Testament Reading  Isaiah 4:2-6 speaks of a coming day when God's judgment will give ...

Gospel Reading  Luke 21:5-19 contains Jesus' prediction of the coming destruction of the ...

Gospel Reading  Luke 20:41-21:4 contains three distinct sections, Luke 20:41-44, Luke 20 ...

Old Testament Reading  Isaiah 3:1-4:1 Isaiah 3:1-4:1 consist of two distinct sections, ...

Psalter  Morning Psalm 107:1-22 Psalm 107 is the first psalm in Book V. The most notewo ...

Gospel Reading Luke 20:27-40  Luke 20:27-40 is the only place that the Sadducees appear ...

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 2:5-22  Isaiah 2:5-22 starts with a call to the people to " ...

Psalter  Morning  Psalm 111 Please read the comments about Psalm 112 from Tuesday even ...

Old Testament Reading  Isaiah 2:1-4  Isaiah 2:1-4 contains one of the best known proph ...

Gospel Reading Luke 20:19-26 contains Jesus' decree to "give to the emperor the things tha ...

Psalter  Morning Psalm 103 Psalm 103 is a psalm of praise, this psalm of thanksgiving ...

Gospel Reading Luke 20:9-18  Luke 20:9-18 is the Parable of the Wicked Tenants. It echo ...

Psalter  Morning Psalm 94 Psalm 94 is often classified as a psalm of lament. Verses 1 ...

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 1:21-31 Here in Isaiah 1:21-31, we hear the prophet presen ...

Gospel Reading  Luke 20:1-8  Jesus has entered the temple. He has driven "out those w ...

Old Testament Reading  Isaiah 1:10-20  Isaiah 1:10-20, has two distinct sections. The ...

Psalter Morning Psalm 69:1-15 Psalm 69 is one of the longest petitionary prayers or lame ...

Gospel Reading Matthew 25:1-13 This kingdom parable is one that brings many questions to m ...

Epistle Reading 2 Peter 3:1-10 We are reminded here that this is Peter's second letter and ...

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 1:1-9 Isaiah, the son of Amoz, begins to share what he heard ...

Psalter Morning Psalm 10 It is most likely that Psalm 9 and 10 were originally a single ac ...

The Old Testament Reading Zephaniah 3:8-13 In this call to wait upon the Lord, we have the ...

The Epistle Reading Revelation 17:1-18 In this part of John's vision, we hear of the judgm ...

The Gospel Reading Luke 13:31-35 In this short reading, we have Jesus being warned by the ...

Morning Psalm 109 Both of today's psalms are from the Fifth Book of the Psalms. This psal ...

Advent Devotional  The Devotional Practice This devotional is designed as a rough outlin ...

The Psalter Morning Psalm 119:73-96 Psalm 119 (or Psalm 118 in the Septuagint) is the l ...

The Psalter Morning Psalm 119:49-72 Psalm 119 (or Psalm 118 in the Septuagint) is the lon ...

The Psalter Morning Psalm 44 This psalm has three distinct sections. The first section co ...

Morning Psalms Psalm 103 This psalm of praise, this psalm of thanksgiving for the goodness ...

The Gospel Reading Luke 8:26-39 The story of the healing of the Gerasene Demoniac is one o ...

The Epistle Reading Acts 26:1-23 In this passage we hear Paul telling the story of his con ...

The Psalter Morning Psalm 119:97-120 Psalm 119 (or Psalm 118 in the Septuagint) is the ...

The Psalter – (My approach in these posts) When studying the psalms you will find a vari ...

Hosea 8:1-4 This passage, the fifth and final prophecy of Hosea, begins with a warning of ...

Luke 7:18-35 Herod has John locked up in prison. When John's disciples reported to him wh ...

Acts 23:23-35 Having just found out about the plot to ambush and kill Paul, Lysias ordered ...