Daily Meditation for September 24, 2026
September is the month of the autumn equinox, when the hours of light and darkness equalize. There is a sense of leaving behind the carefree days of summer and turning […]
Entries by Emily Vranesh
Daily Meditation for September 23, 2026
The daylight hours grow shorter and the dark night hours are longer. The harvest is complete and the fresh excitement of a new academic year is a strong force in […]
Be Eucharist
εὐχαριστία eucharistia berakah בְּרָכָה Thank you! Eucharistia and berakah are feminine nouns. The first is Greek and the second is Hebrew from which the Greek was translated. Those words are […]
Daily Meditation for September 22, 2026
Have you heard of the children’s book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen? I used to read this book when I was a music teacher, and the […]
Daily Meditation for September 21, 2026
“Mercy” is one of those words that feels natural when we are praying in church: “Lord, have mercy . . . Christ, have mercy . . . Lamb of God, […]
Daily Meditation for September 18, 2026
Did you ever realize that in some ways, complaining was the opposite of being grateful? Because Mr. Jenkins was tired of his seventh grade class constantly complaining, rather than complain […]
Daily Meditation for September 17, 2026
The television game show “Family Feud” asks contestants to name things and compares their answers to what the survey says. If you were asked to name something you can measure, […]
Daily Meditation for September 16, 2026
It’s a fall evening. Crickets are singing, and Canadian geese and sandhill cranes are gathering for their annual flight south. The leaves are turning their beautiful colors. Everything is the […]
Daily Meditation for September 15, 2026
What are you experiencing today? Heartache? Suffering? Many of us are agonizing over what our family members are going through or what we ourselves are experiencing, while others feel distraught […]
VBS ROCKS!
The cross shook, literally, as it stood center stage. The one hundred and twenty VBS (Vacation Bible School) kiddos and seventy volunteers did their thing. Swaying to the beat of […]
