by Crystal Harris | Jun 23, 2020 | blog
Do justice. Love Kindness. Walk humbly. “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 This sign is what I marched with in several Black Lives Matter...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 18, 2020 | blog
Overwhelming Challenges Text: Jeremiah 1:6-8 International Children’s Bible (ICB) Scripture Reading: 6 Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.” 7 But the Lord said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am only a boy.’ You must go everywhere that I...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 11, 2020 | blog
Text: Esther 7:1-7 International Children’s Bible (ICB) Scripture Reading: 7 So the king and Haman went in to eat with Queen Esther. 2 They were drinking wine. And the king said to Esther on this second day also, “What are you asking for? I will give it to you. What...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 9, 2020 | blog
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood. So faith, hope, and love abide, these three, and the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 5, 2020 | blog
Open Letter to the Congregation June 5, 2020 RKL “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” –Micah 6:8 NRSV Dear Friends: As you know, on Memorial Day, as...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Good News 32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.” 33 The...
by Crystal Harris | May 30, 2020 | blog
“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” – Amos 5:24 I need to speak truth to the state of our spirits and nation in light of this week, and it cannot wait until Sunday. Justice isn’t rolling like waters. Images are one...
by Crystal Harris | May 29, 2020 | blog
In Your Promise A New Song is Sung “O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the...
by Crystal Harris | May 28, 2020 | blog
Loyal Helper Full Text: 1 Samuel 18-20 International Children’s Bible (ICB) Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 19:1-7 International Children’s Bible (ICB) 19 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan cared very much for David. 2 So he...
by Crystal Harris | May 27, 2020 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Dear Friends: I hope this letter finds you doing well and staying safe! My what a different reality we have been experiencing these past two-and-a-half months! Who could have imagined! Well, with things “opening up” a bit now in Michigan, and with President Trump’s...
