How to Find Hope in Waiting

How to Find Hope in Waiting

by Pastor Douglas Brauner The Importance of Dwelling on Jesus’ First Advent You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. This is the thirty-ninth Advent season in which I have pastored a Christian community. In each of these Advent seasons I have encouraged people to keep their eyes focused on Jesus’ […]

Gone but Never Forgotten

Gone but Never Forgotten

by Desiree Bustamante Even your simplest acts of love were planned by God long ago for His purpose. You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. My Great Uncle Louis often told our family this joke: A man said, “The train just went by here.”  “How do you know?” asked another man. The […]

Joy, an Island of Happiness?

Joy, an Island of Happiness?

by Pastor Douglas Brauner Joy Is Rooted in Intimacy with Jesus You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. “He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.”  Isaiah […]