RG AUDIO 072120   Proverbs 10:18-32 If you could imagine the book of Proverbs as a person, it would be the friend who tells you the unfiltered, straightforward, honest truth.  We all need a friend like that in our lives. We live in a very complicated period in history. So much of what we think, […]

RG AUDIO 072020   Psalm 15:1-5 When I read Psalm 15, my mind jumps to Micah 6:8, “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.  And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” In both cases, the writer wants to […]

RG AUDIO 071920   Psalm 31:1-8 Our God is a faithful God. In the words of Psalm 3, the psalmist remembers who God is: a refuge, a rock, always and forever, never letting go, full of mercy and steadfast love. God does not let go and God is always present. At times it is us […]

RG AUDIO 071820   John 15:1-10 Each year as winter draws to a close, it is time to prune all that which bears fruit and flowers. The gardener looks closely at the bush. Which vines look healthy? Which vines have died? Which vines are growing too close to other vines? How can the gardener help […]

RG AUDIO 071720   Hosea 14:1-9 The people of God had turned away from Him, relying instead on themselves and the work of their own hands. Again and again, God called for them to return. God waited, at times with righteous anger. God gave opportunity, again, to turn around, to repent, to change direction. Even […]

RG AUDIO 071620   Isaiah 51:1-6 God has exiled the people of God. They left the land of promise, having seen the walls crumble and places that they loved go up in smoke. Looking back, they wondered if they would ever see this place again. Each step in the desert led them to a place […]

RG AUDIO 071520   Ecclesiastes 7:19-25 We are a people who like to understand, to know; we like to hold tight onto that which we believe in our own two hands. And yet, belief is bigger than that which we can grasp. It is trust, loyalty, faith; belief reminds us of that which we cannot […]

RG AUDIO 071420   Proverbs 10:1-11 In what ways do we see and feel and know newness, peace, and resurrection in the world around us? Take a moment to pause, to notice, and to name these practices, places, and people. These verses in Proverbs 10 remind us of the interconnected nature of God’s creation; we […]

RG AUDIO 071320   Psalm 1:1-6 Off the trail and down a muddy bank, one will find a tree, tucked between two places of water. On one side of the tree is the still water of a well, whose dark, shallow water seeps up from the ground. On the other side is a stream, moving, […]

RG AUDIO 071220   Psalm 19:7-14 “I do it!” These are the words of my two-year-old who has discovered her ability to do things on her own, the way she wants to do them. But “I do it” can get us into a lot of trouble. Let’s be honest, we humans don’t have a good […]