The Importance of Spiritual Discipline: Kings and 2 Chronicles In today’s episode of the Sermon Notes Podcast, we were reminded of God’s faithfulness in keeping his promise even amidst corrupt leadership. Throughout our reading of the chronological Bible, we have seen the importance of spiritual discipline through prayer, confession, and
“A man is not a financial plan.” Those words were spoken to me by a dating partner during my mid-single years. She was a beautiful, capable, and insightful woman with three minor children and a chronically depressed ex-husband with a poor work history who could not even support himself, let
A Love Story By Bonnie McClure Can I tell you a love story? Lately, I’ve been thinking about different types of love. Culturally, we are trained quite extensively on familial love – the love we have for family, and romantic love – the love we have for a partner or
Today’s Reading: Read I Kings 10; I Kings 11:1-6; 7-13; 29-39 Can you remember your favorite Christmas present from 3 years ago? Think hard- it was the present you really wanted. You were so excited to get it. Did you remember it or forget it? Sometimes it is easy to
Two years ago, in February 2022, we gathered here in this Basilica for the first time after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began for a moleben, a Byzantine-rite prayer service during which we pled for peace in Ukraine. I remember the church was filled to the last seat, and there
Scot I’ve always loved Alma chapter 5. It could be taken as the most introspective chapter in all of holy writ. Alma asks more than 40 questions of his listeners and really wants them to probe their spirituality in a deep way. But Alma wasn’t just talking to the people
Today’s Reading: Read I Kings 9:1-9; Proverbs 25:1-22; Proverbs 26:20 Let’s go on a scavenger hunt! Split into two teams and search around your house for anything that might have a “warning label” on it. Set a timer for two minutes. When you find the warning labels, take a picture