Entries by Josh Rice

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Stopping at Crossings

Good morning church family, I didn’t ride on the school bus until my freshman year in high school. When my family moved to rural Vermont from suburban Washington D.C., my days of walking to and from school were long gone. Some of my first impressions of the school bus centered on the remarkable amount of […]

May 17, 2025 by
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For All She Carries

May 11, 2025 1 Samuel 4:19-22 Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. And about the […]

May 11, 2025 by
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Designer

Good morning church family, “I know,” the studio executive said; shaking his head. “I wouldn’t have thought the Bible would ever make money in this town again either. But, anyway…” “It hasn’t made any money yet,” Belle Bevaqua dryly replied. He was walking through his rooftop garden and watering the bonsai plants as he talked […]

May 10, 2025 by
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Drawing Back the Bow

May 4, 2025 Psalm 34:4-7 I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the […]

May 4, 2025 by
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On Display

Good morning church family, If one had to have a summer job, it ought to at least come with a little status. Poor Perry didn’t have it quite as good as most of his college classmates. They didn’t have to work between semesters but instead were able to spend their summers burning daddy’s gas, sleeping […]

May 3, 2025 by