Lena Belle Bearden died December 1, 2019. She was the last Inzer family charter member of the Camden Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery). Lena was born October 28, 1934, in Camden, Arkansas, to the late Reverend H.W. and Mary Inzer, also of Camden. The Reverend Inzer was the first pastor of Canden CPC. She was […]

“It’s a sad day for Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery, Women’s Ministy, and our church; one of our great ladies is gone.” -The Reverend Cliff Hudson, Silverdale Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) Patricia Varnell died Monday, January 27, 2020. She was born to William J. and Marguerite McCune in Border, Texas, on January 6, 1932. She was preceded […]

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 Deuteronomy 24:17-25:4 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge. Remember […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 1 Peter 3:8-12 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, […]

Philip Yancey, in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew, says about Jesus, “More amazing is his refusal to perform and to overwhelm. God’s terrible insistence on human freedom is so absolute that he granted us the power to live as though he did not exist, to spit on his face, to crucify him.” God […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 27:7-14 Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. Do not […]

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 Philippians 2:12-18 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear […]

The Reverend James Robertson Miller (Columbia Presbytery), 82, born July 22, 1937, died January 16, 2020. Jim was born July 22, 1937, to John Samuel Miller and Annie Elizabeth in Eutaw, Alabama. and grew up in Winchester, Tennessee. His father died in 1940. He was baptized by the Reverend W.B. Spraker at the Winchester Cumberland […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Ephesians 5:6-14 (NIV) Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them. For […]

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 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 (NRSV) I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree […]