by Rich Yauger | Mar 20, 2024 | Poema
Dearest Grace … Palm Sunday is just around the corner which means Easter will be upon us before we know it! This is somewhat hard for me to believe. The year feels like it is going by so quickly yet even as time flies by, there are certain things that can...
by Mitchel Lee | Mar 14, 2024 | Poema
Dear Grace, “Two are better than one…” That’s the phrase that keeps reverberating through my mind as I think about life and ministry. There’s a well-known African proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The...
by Seth Rumsey | Mar 7, 2024 | Poema
In Mark 10 people were bringing children to Jesus to be blessed but the disciples were turning them away. Here is how Jesus responded; 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to...
by Rich Yauger | Feb 28, 2024 | Poema
Dearest Grace, This past week, I was able to have several opportunities to hear a part of someone’s story and to watch others listen as stories were shared. Last Thursday, we held something called “Come to Dinner.” It was an opportunity for the “nations...
by Mitchel Lee | Feb 22, 2024 | Poema
Dear Grace, We’re now into Lent (and our series on Ecclesiastes!). I don’t know about you, but fasting has brought up many interesting conversations in our family. This is the first year that our littlest ones are fasting from something, and what it has revealed...
by Mitchel Lee | Feb 14, 2024 | Poema
Dear Grace, It’s Ash Wednesday today (and Valentine’s Day) – what a seemingly odd juncture of remembering death and celebrating love? I think I’ve heard a dozen or so jokes about Ash Wednesday being on Feb. 14th, and while the amusement might play off of the...
