Our first Rural Ministry Colloquium of the year is now available for download on iTunes U.
(The following post was submitted for our Thriving Rural Communities Devotional Listserv by Duke Divinity Student and Rural Ministry Fellow Laura Beach. Thanks, Laura!)
"Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place." (Jer. 22:3)
(The following post was submitted for our Thriving Rural Communities Devotional Listserv by Rev. Mike Bass, an associate pastor and theologian with our partner congregation at Solid Rock UMC in Olivia, NC. Thanks, Mike!)
(The following post was submitted for our Thriving Rural Communities Devotional Listserv by one of our Rural Ministry Fellows from the North Carolina Annual Conference, Jane Almon. Thanks, Jane!)
Psalm 19:1-4
A Sermon Preached at the Closing Worship for
The Convocation on the Rural Church 2009:
“The Power of Partnership”
August 10th-12th, Myrtle Beach, SC
Luke 5: 1-11
(A Sermon Preached in Goodson Chapel at Duke Divinity School on September 3rd, 2009)
Song of Songs 2: 8-13
“Ask,
and it will be given you;
search,
and you will find;
knock,
and the door will be opened for you.
For everyone
who asks
receives,
and everyone
who searches
finds,
and for everyone
who knocks,
the door will be opened.”
-Matthew 7: 7-8
Since my return from our recent experience on Encuentro 2009, I’ve had a lot of well-meaning and concerned people ask me, “Did you catch anything there in Mexico?”