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As Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, I am glad that you are spending the next few minutes nurturing your faith.
Dr. Doug Hood
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Prayer and Doing It for Jesus
The following meditation was written by Dr. Leo S. Thorne, retired general secretary for mission resource development for the American Baptist Churches USA. “I assure you that when you have done it for one of the least of these, brothers and sisters of mine, you have done it for me.” Matthew 25:40 The humble walk…
Keep readingWhen You Are Angry with God
The following meditation was written by Rev. Catherine Cavazos Renken, pastor at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Lord responded, ‘Is your anger a good thing?’” Jonah 4:4 I am in the middle of preaching a sermon series called “Disputing with God.” I have been studying passages of Scripture where people of faith engage…
Keep readingFacetiming with God
The following meditation was written by Rev. Susan Sparks, senior minister at Madison Avenue Baptist Church (American Baptist) in New York City. Recently, I got to wondering what it would be like to FaceTime God. You know, like when we FaceTime our friends or family with a real-time video image on our smartphones. If we…
Keep readingWhat People Are Saying
“I lead a weekly men’s “breakfast” fellowship. These days it is on Zoom rather than in a restaurant, and that works out well since a few of our members are not in the area.
Not infrequently my lesson or devotional is reading something you have written. This morning’s was “Love Me Anyway” .
Using my very limited Zoom meeting hosting skills, I started the lesson by “sharing” my screen with a music video of Pink and Chris Stapleton singing the song, where the video portion showed the lyrics. Then I read your lesson. It was very moving and effective and sparked a really useful (and fairly lengthy – for us anyway) conversation about God’s love.
I just wanted you to know how much your inspired writings open our minds and hearts to understand more about God and our relationship with him. Thank you.”
Dan
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About Me
I have been the Senior Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, Florida since 2012. I hold a Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary. I was the Moderator of the Presbytery of Tropical Florida and was a commissioner to my denomination’s General Assembly in 2014 and 2016. I am the author of several books including Nurture Faith: Five Minute Meditations to Strengthen Your Walk with Christ. I am married to Grace and have two children, Nathanael and Rachael.
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