Author: Lisa Samra

News

Rewire

Even though there is one more discussion section for groups to discuss together on their own, Sunday night was the last teaching session for the

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Christian Life

Girls Night Thank You

Thank you for everyone that came to the Girls Night.  It was really encouraging to see so many friends. Even though I was not able

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Lent 2014

Anticipating Easter

  …that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself… — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility Although the majority of Christians would agree that Easter

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Lent 2014

Lent 2014

As we begin Lent, Calvary’s devotional book encourages us to start by reading our benediction for the Refuge series, I Peter 5:10-11, every day this week.

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Books

Hospitality

Our topic in church this week was hospitality.  Peter’s main idea behind his encouragement to practice hospitality is the emphasis on welcoming strangers into your

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News

Israel Trip

Israel is a county of immense contrasts.  In a land small enough to fit into Lake Michigan, God created lush valleys and arid deserts; freshwater

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Advent

Advent

During the early centuries of the church, a number of traditions sprung up as ways to teach Christians about the life of Christ and to

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Summer of Psalms

Psalm 150

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!  Praise the LORD! Psalm 150:6 Following is a beautiful end to our Summer of Psalms. Thanks for

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Quotes

Psalm 147

In his book, Prayer, Praise & Promises: A Daily Walk Through the Psalms, Warren Wiersbe writes a devotional for each day of the year from

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Quotes

Psalm 142

  In verse 7b David gives his vow of praise — a distinctive of this type of Psalm.  In distress he trusts God for release;

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Song

Psalm 139

“Psalm 139” performed by Sarah Reeves off her album Broken Things. The song is a reading of Psalm 139 with the chorus, “Even when I’m

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Song

Psalm 136

The following song, Loof de Heer or “Praise the Lord,” is from The Psalm Project — a group from the Netherlands dedicated to modernizing the

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Quotes

Psalm 133

In The Message, Eugene Peterson translates the opening verse of Psalm 133: How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! It can be

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