Deus Misereatur

While strolling through the exhibit hall during our denomination's 52nd General Assembly, I was delighted to meet Ashley Belknap, the Executive Director of our denominations Engaging Disability with the Gospel . Engaging Disability With The Gospel has been equipping churches to disciple and enfold kids, teens, and adults with disabilities—helping the whole body of Christ grow stronger, more connected, and more faithful to God’s call, and our congregation has become part of their network. But what made this meeting much more exciting is that I was able to see the types of visual learning curricula that they are making available through their publishing branch, Simply the Gospel . Ashley happily loaded me down with all of the samples you can see in the picture at top. Everything from the Children's First Catechism, to visual prompts parents can use during worship, and on to books and visual prompts to help the kids learn the Lord's Prayer, the Doxology, and more. The materia...

  “ The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.” Since righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people, we earnestly and heartily pray to you, O reigning God, for our country. Reflecting on the 5 th through 10 th Commandment, we pray that we and our fellow residents in this country will honor fathers and mothers and all legitimate authorities, instead of affronting aging parents, teachers, police officers or magistrates. We pray that we and the people of this country would turn away from murder in its various shapes and sophistications and will pursue all lawful endeavors to preserve life. We pray that we and the occupants of this land would renounce proud sexual immorality and embrace chastity and life-long monogamy. We pray that we and the inhabitants of our nation would cast aside all wa...