Transformed | Inspired | Called

Eyes Open, Eyes Closed

- by Brent Musser

When I am with the gathered church, I often close my eyes during worship. I do it during prayers, but also during songs and during the sermon. I do it, I think, to help my concentration, to establish a connection with the divine, to listen carefully to a thread of thought I picked up in a song or in a message of good news.(1:21 NRSV)

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional

Holy Week Reflections from Luke 19

From Anthony Siegrist, Executive Minister
At the beginning of Holy Week this year I was meditating on Luke chapter 19. As Jesus approached the city, he broke down and wept...

Grounding Faith for Lent and Easter

- by Roberson Mbayamvula

As we begin walking toward the cross this Lent, we do so in a world that feels unsteady. Nations tremble. Communities carry grief. Churches discern their future. Individuals carry quiet burdens no one else sees. Into that weariness comes this question: “Have you not known? Have you not heard?” This is a grounding question. It calls them, and us, back to what is solid.

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional