Written Devotions
Daily devotions written by Pastor Mike and many other Time of Grace writers. These Bible-based messages cover a wide variety of topics and help you seek what matters most in life: Jesus. Join the thousands of people who receive these devotions for encouragement by subscribing to have them delivered to your inbox each morning.
Easter sets us free from death’s sting
Richard was on an airplane eating his lunch when he felt something land in his hair. He rubbed his head, which caused the scorpion…
Reflector
“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.”—George Orwell The struggle of many artists, musicians, and authors is that perfection…
Do you tremble at the words of God?
Every Holy Week, amid the sad and somber stories of the crucifixion of Christ, our congregation sings the old spiritual “Were You There?” Do…
The spiritual-but-not-religious experiment
Do you know someone who is “spiritual but not religious”? After witnessing a thousand sex and/or stealing scandals and overhearing a million petty fights…
Trash mouth
Think back to your younger years. Where did you learn the meaning of “street” words, i.e., cussing, swearing, body parts? Probably from your (slightly…
Save us from success!
What do you think of Gideon? In Judges chapters 6-8, we meet a nobody named Gideon whose faith seems remarkably flawed. When Jesus appears…
A shout-out to “unslothy” women
The closest my wife gets to sloth is holding one. On a recent vacation, our family visited a sloth habitat in Honduras where my…
Decide to love your life
I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve done my share of complaining about my life. It’s not too hard, you know, to find things to…
Working with clay
God is using us, and we may not even know it. “Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the…
Towel animals (aka, Jesus serves)
You know the service is good when housekeeping turns your bathroom towel into a sloth. My extended family took a cruise recently and were…
The Israelites aren’t the only ones with a problem
Raise your hand if you’ve ever thought the children of Israel were pathetic. Me too. I mean, really people, God brought down supernatural plagues…
Friends with the world?
Ever heard of Simeon Stylites? Back in the a.d. 400s, Simeon decided the world was a spiritually dangerous place to live. So he constructed…