Diana's Devotional Corner

When I am called to duty, God, whenever flames may rage, Give me the strength to save some life whatever be its age ... A.W. Smokey Linn, author of "Fireman's Prayer" 1958 Joseph R. Winters was born in Leesburg, Virginia, in 1816 (birth date is debated) to an...

Psalm 23: 4 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ... thou art with me. She was born at sea in the fall of 1743 by parents who were journeying to the New World from what is now modern-day Northern Ireland.  Thomas and Jane Jemison named the...

O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America!  America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! Verse 2 - America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee...

Psalm 145:4 - One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts.  For the summer months, I’d like to begin a series of reflections on notable people in our lives, community, and country who have contributed to the making of this great...

Philippians 1:3-6  I thank my God every time I remember you.  In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it...

2 Corinthians 13:14 - May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. In Youth Sunday School yesterday, we talked about Pentecost and the gift of the Holy Spirit.  But ... Who or what exactly is...

Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.Two Sundays ago, our lectionary focused on Paul and Silas's trials in prison. They’d been accused of causing a raucous and teaching...

Luke 10:41-42  “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed - or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken from her.” As I was scrolling through Facebook yesterday evening,...

"You have looked deep into my heart, LORD, and you know all about me... Before I even speak a word, you know what I will say." — Psalm 139:1-5  A friend of mine lost her father some years back. She has many wonderful memories from throughout her life regarding her...

Acts 1:8  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.The above verse is part of Jesus' parting words to the apostles, shortly before he was...

Matthew 27:3-4a  Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." Last week, we reflected on Pontius...

John 19:6 - When the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!"  Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him." Pontius Pilate has always fascinated me.  He seemed to actually become a...