Entries by Josh Rice

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Church for the Birds

Good morning church family, The crows didn’t caw as I crept near the opening in the woods. I saw them up there, high in the pine; perched like ushers at the cathedral door. But what a blessing they didn’t spy me. Had they set to squawking, earth’s finest choir might have flittered away. I feel […]

March 1, 2025 by
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Taking it to the Tombs

February 23, 2023 Matthew 8:28-34 And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have […]

February 23, 2025 by
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Finding Comfort in Correction

February 15, 2025 Jeremiah 21:1-10 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, “Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord […]

February 15, 2025 by
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A Short Theology of Snow

Good morning church family, Do you ever get to thinking and then have an inkling that ice and snow were never part of God’s original plan for creation but instead may be aspects of His curse upon the earth? I just can’t picture winter ever coming to Eden’s woods. Can you see ol’ Adam, naked […]

February 15, 2025 by
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A Lasting Impression

February 8, 2025 John 20:19-23 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and […]

February 8, 2025 by