Be Still And Know That You Are Loved

Steve Lindsley (Isaiah 43: 1-7) There is a minister sitting in his study one day, working on Sunday’s sermon, when he hears a knock at his door.  He looks up to see a strange man standing in the doorway.  The man is in his 60’s and looks rather worn from the journey. ...

Be Still And Know: God As Sheer Silence

Rebecca Heilman (1 Kings 19 – selected verses) You would expect for me to say that the loudest place I ever lived was New York City. And while it was loud on a Friday afternoon at rush hour, NYC didn’t compare to Lusaka in the African country of Zambia. I...

Be Still And Know – Look Up

Steve Lindsley (Genesis 15: 1-6) Back on July 30 of last year, while most of us were still negotiating the ins and outs of life in a pandemic, a small rocket launched off the surface of Planet Earth and began its six-month, 138 million mile journey to Mars.  We didn’t...

Be Still And Know: Just Get In The Boat

Steve Lindsley (Mark 4: 35-41) I remember the first and only time I have seen a waterspout – a tornado over the water, essentially.  Years ago, working at Camp Seafarer, a YMCA camp on the Neuse River just outside of New Bern.  I was a counselor for a couple of...

Be Still and Know: God Takes Creation by the Hand

Rebecca Heilman (Psalm 46) One of the last shows I saw in New York City, was the Broadway production of Hadestown. It’s a production set in the Greek mythological underworld of Hadestown, where, Hades, lives with his wife Persephone, the goddess of Spring. The writer...