Devotionals

Devotional – 0 Introduction / Prelude – ‘the Converted Rabbi’   The following short stories in this series of DEVOTIONALS are intended to take a fictional story and mix it with scripture. I thought about some of the parables in […]

Chapter – 52 ‘The Funeral’   Midweek service had completed and Valentine was driving toward the farm; Rebekah’s phone broke the silence of the moment. She answered and it was Grandpa Jesse; they talked a few minutes and then he […]

Chapter – 51 ‘The unexpected Happens’   Valentine was just hanging up the phone as Rebekah walked in the back door. She had just met with Sophia and Jana for lunch and was excited to tell Jaye what had transpired. […]

Chapter – 50 ‘Yosef teaches on the Obsolete’   Yosef was in his study early; thinking about a sermon he wanted to teach; it had been on his mind for several weeks. It was something that he would never have […]

Chapter – 49 ‘Ruben flips the Coin’   Tomorrow the lab was closing its doors on the scientific project. The group would meet for a dinner and then move on to some new adventure in their journey known as life. […]

Chapter – 48 ‘Rebekah discovers a new Friend’   Rebekah was on her way to meet Oley’s sister. She had gone back to NY City and made arrangements to switch job functions. She could work from home; then go into […]

Chapter – 47 ‘Yosef teaches a lesson on Fruit’   It was a cool Saturday evening as guest started arriving at the CENTER for the evening service. Yosef had spent several hours preparing the message; it had changed a couple […]

Chapter – 46 ‘The Youth meet in Valentines Barn’   Pastor Valentine had just finished talking to the youth. He also prayed for a safe and fun outing as they prepared to get on the two buses; the guys would […]

Devotional – 45 ‘Mar’yam meets Rex’   It was February; there was a new employee working for Ben Levi. She was slender and of medium height; her hair was dark brown but looked almost black. She didn’t appear to smile […]