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Dear SCC & Friends, Who can discern? ~Psalm 19:12 Reflection #274                Search me, O God, and know my heart…and see if there is any hurtful way in me ~Psalm 139:23 If I had known my blind spots, I would have fixed them. ~Anon.~ Blind spots are hidden from us especially when they don’t fit our preconceived idea of ourselves. Marriage is the perfect place for both good and bad attitudes to be revealed. We had only been married a few months when my wife said…

May 28, 2025 Dear SCC & Friends, …a time for everything… ~Ecclesiastes 3:1 Reflection #273                It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. ~John Wooden~ Congratulations to the over six million high school and college graduates this year. Graduation ceremonies are designed to both recognize and validate honorable accomplishments. They serve as a demarcation point to close one stage of life while on the precipice of new ventures… Some graduates will be leaving their hometowns and families for the first…

Dear SCC & Friends, …Remember ~Psalm 143:5 Reflection #272                Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. ~Elie Wiesel~ Today’s moments are tomorrow’s memories. The exhortation to remember reminds us how easy it is to lapse into forgetfulness. When we break bread, we do so in remembrance of Him. We are exhorted… Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth… ~Ecc. 12:1 …we are to forget none of…

Dear SCC & Friends, …mere talk… ~Proverbs 14:23 Reflection #271                The phrase “talk is cheap” is analogous to “a cloud without rain or a well without water.” …let us not love merely in theory with word or with tongue giving lip service to compassion, but in action and in truth in practice and sincerity… ~ 1 Jn. 3:18 AMP The venerable sage, Yogi Berra, once said, “A verbal contract is not worth the paper it’s written on.” When I…

Dear SCC & Friends, Strength and dignity are her clothing… ~Proverbs 31:25 Reflection #270                My mother was an amazing person of talent, strength and character. Her mom died when she was four years old and was reared by my grandfather in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She grew up in the midst of The Great Depression and the onset of WWII. Her adult life would make a great novel of travel and adventure. Regardless of the situation, my mom maintained an optimism…

Dear SCC & Friends, Reconciling ~2 Corinthians 5:19 Reflection #269                  When I was growing up, our family would often visit my grandfather in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. My brothers and I loved staying at his house. He was always kind, fun and friendly. I still remember a trip to Fenway Park to see the Red Sox play the “Mighty Yankees.” During those visits, we would also go across the street to stay at our Aunt Tessie’s house for a night or…

Dear SCC & Friends, …Faithful and True… ~Revelation 19:11 Reflection #268                  A friend of mine recently made this comment, “Faithfulness is not about holding on, it’s about not letting go.” Faithfulness is the enduring quality of being true to your word as confirmed by your actions. It calls for trust, integrity and perseverance over extended periods of time throughout the changing circumstances of life. Our faith is not about us holding on, but in knowing that Jesus will never…

Dear SCC & Friends, …delivered to you of first importance… ~1 Corinthians 15:3 Reflection #267 His Death …And it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, the sun being obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two. And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Thy hands I commit My spirit.” And having said this, He breathed His last. Now when the centurion saw…

Dear SCC & Friends, …Your King is coming… ~John 12:15 Reflection #266                  We will never know this side of heaven what terrible struggles took place in the spiritual world between Palm Sunday and Easter morning. ~Rodney Buchanan~ So many times Jesus told His disciples, “My time has not yet come,” but now His time had come… Today was the day to openly declare, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”The crowd that had been with…

Dear SCC & Friends, By standing firm… ~Luke 21:19 Reflection #265                  Have you ever been accused of being stubborn? Better yet, has anyone ever complimented you for being tenacious? One’s a negative dig while the other a positive affirmation. What’s the difference? Stubborn is beingobstinate, rebellious and self-willed. Tenacity is about grit, fortitude, backbone, resolution and courage. Tenacity is a virtue that speaks of ongoing courage and faith in the midst of challenge and struggle. He gives strength to…

Dear SCC & Friends,   …Press on… ~Philippians 3:14   Reflection #264   There are occasions when we can look smart without trying. I had just finished a meeting to file my taxes, and had some spare time and decided to read in my car. Shortly thereafter, another car pulled up next to me, and the driver asked what I was reading. I said, “Waiting for Snow in Havana.” He gave me a funny look, as if it was a…

Dear SCC & Friends, …Faith delivered once and for all… ~Jude 1:3 Reflection #263                  Faith is like radar which sees through the fog–the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see. ~Corrie Ten Boom~ Faith can be both a noun and verb. As a noun, faith refers to “the faith” which once for all was delivered to the saints. ~Jude 1:3 It is a historic record and recognition of events and traditions that have gone before us. In essence, the faith is the…