Blog found at Salt Societywritten by Ruthie Grace Ruthie Grace’s dream is to help small churches overcome budget, skills and volunteering challenges and kickstart their communications. Whether it’s branding on a budget, welcoming with a flourish or strategizing on social media, you can find tips + advice on it on her website, saltsociety.org. What I’ve noticed is, no matter […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Jeremiah 30:12-22 (NRSV) For thus says the LORD: Your hurt is incurable, your wound is grievous. There is no one to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read Genesis 22:1-19 (NRSV) After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Genesis 21:1-7 (NRSV) The LORD dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as he had promised. Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Genesis 17:1-7 (NRSV) When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Mark 8:27-30 (NRSV) Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Psalm 22:23-31 (NRSV) You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him; stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! For he […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Romans 3:21-31 (NRSV) But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in […]

 Might Be Your Best Brain Booster as You Age Written by Judith Graham. Used by courtesy of Kaiser Health News. Ask Edith Smith, a proud 103-year-old, about her friends, and she’ll give you an earful. There’s Johnetta, 101, whom she’s known for 70 years and who has Alzheimer’s disease. “I call her every day and […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV) Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards […]