Posts from August 2025

Dear SCC & Friends, A gift of God… ~Ecclesiastes 3:13 Reflection #286                       In the medieval church, having a vocation referred exclusively to full-time church work. If a person sensed a calling, it was a sign that they might “have a vocation,” which meant becoming a priest, monk or nun. The ordinary occupations of life were acknowledged as necessary but considered secondary in spiritual importance. The Reformation emphasized anew “the priesthood of all believers” teaching that non-clerics had vocations which…

Dear SCC & Friends, Trust in the Lord… ~Psalm 37:3 Reflection #285                There are lots of things in this life that we don’t understand. If we did understand everything, would that make for a better life? Probably not… The truth is when “God is wrong, He is right.” He alone holds the title deed to all creation. He alone is both the Creator and Sustainer of all things and forever the uncaused first cause… “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”…

Dear SCC & Friends, Be anxious for nothing… ~Philippians 4:6 Reflection #284                That can’t be right! Be anxious for nothing must be a misprint…but it’s not. It’s to be a posture of heart… I’ve never met anyone who is totally free of anxiety, but it can be put in its proper place… Anxiety is not about what will happen but rather allowing ourselves to worry and project about what might happen. It’s our minds and errant emotions trying to control the uncontrollable. Our anxiety…

Dear SCC & Friends, …the plans I have for you… ~Jeremiah 29:11 Reflection #283                Virtually every good thing in my life has been in spite of me, not because of me. His grace has sustained each one of us when we didn’t know we needed sustaining. The Lord has both disrupted and directed our life to set us on a course. …for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. ~Phil.…