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Prophet of Christmas Hope

December 22, 2015 By Verna Bowman 8 Comments

All I want for Christmas . . . is hope. You too? It doesn’t seem reasonable to look back to the ancient pages of Isaiah to find hope for today . . . but I do. Isaiah’s connection to the story of Jesus is all over Advent. Even his name means “Yahweh saves” and foretells the Christmas story. For a child shall be born for … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #Christmas Hope, Hope, Isaiah 9:6, Messiah, prophet

Road to Emmaus

July 16, 2013 By Verna Bowman 9 Comments

  . . . their eyes were opened and they recognized Him.  Luke 24:31 How many times have you taken a familiar route only to wind up lost?  Lost in distraction. While driving to a destination my daughter has traveled many times, she became totally lost the other day.  Deep in prayer for a young girl in our church who is in … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Eucharist, Hope, lost, Messiah, risen savior, road to emmaus

Waiting at the Well

July 15, 2012 By Verna Bowman 15 Comments

What do we do with a lifetime of bad choices?  Do we quit and believe that’s all there is? It doesn’t have to be the ending to our story. In the book of John, the fourth chapter, 42 verses are devoted to an unnamed Samaritan woman who met the Savior face to face and was changed forever.  This is the longest recorded dialogue … [Read more...]

Tagged With: John 4:1-42, Messiah, salvation, Samaritan woman, woman at well

God in the Dark

December 10, 2011 By Verna Bowman 25 Comments

Yesterday was a bleak day.  Overcast rain shadows closed the day early with darkness. Sheets of water poured down the windshield making it blacker than mid-afternoon as I drove to the hospital where my husband was admitted, heart failing. A hospital journey is always darker around this time of the year. As in December last … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Giver of Hope, Messiah, Nativity

His Word – My Hope

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses.  You are saved by grace.  Ephesians 2:4-5

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