Caught up in the story of indiscretion with Bathsheba are two very significant statements about Christian stewardship. They are found in the eighth verse of 2 Samuel 12 (vs.1-10, 13). These two statements recognize that first of all God gives us everything. The prophet Nathan tells David that God gave him his master’s house, and […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you.   Read Ruth 4:7-22 (NRSV) Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one took off a sandal and gave […]