CRISTA Family Prayer Week - Standing on Holy Ground
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- Mon, March 18, 2024
Forgive as Christ forgave us
(Read Matthew 6:9-15) Reflection on the passage:The day my sister Beth and I moved out of the tiny back house that we were renting in Monrovia, California, Beth hardly said a goodbye. She left me no way to reach her as she drove off with her friend whose car was loaded up with all her . . .
- Mon, March 11, 2024
Humbling ourselves
(Read Philippians 2:1-8) Reflection on the passage:One morning years ago, when I dropped my daughter Grace off at her elementary school, I remember seeing the school principal enthusiastically and voluntarily kneel down on the cement in front of the school to tie the shoes of a disheveled little first grade boy. I recognized the boy . . .
- Wed, March 6, 2024
In Person Benefits Fair Today 11am-1:30pm
Don’t miss our in-person Benefits Fair! Featured vendors and insurance carriers will be available to help answer questions about your CRISTA sponsored benefits. Everyone who attends will have the opportunity to enter our drawing for PRIZES. Winners will be announced every 15 minutes with the submission of an Entry Form – you must be present . . .
- Mon, March 4, 2024
Jesus’ Call to True Righteousness
(Read Matthew 5:17-48) Reflection on the passage:Have you ever been called a “goody, goody” or “kill-joy”? Or maybe you’ve called someone else that. These might be accurate descriptions when rule-following becomes self-serving, prideful, people-pleasing, rigid, burdensome, or lacking in joy, as it apparently had for the Pharisees that Jesus was challenging (5:20). Yet equally problematic . . .
- Thu, February 29, 2024
Recycling at Edmonds CC on March 2
Edmonds College will host an electronics recycling, paper shredding, and food pantry donation event open to the public from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, in parking lots E and F. Signs will be posted at the campus entrance of 68th Avenue West and 200th Street Southwest. Download the college parking lot . . .
- Mon, February 26, 2024
Broken and contrite hearts
(Read Psalm 51) Reflection on the passage:The story behind this week’s psalm reflects one of the darkest times in King David’s life. David, the one called “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22), committed adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of his mighty soldier Uriah, and then arranged for Uriah to be . . .
- Mon, February 19, 2024
Taking up our Cross
(Read Matthew 16:21-28) Reflection on the passage:During these weeks leading up to Easter, observed by many Christians as the season of Lent, our weekly devotions will focus on what it means to follow Jesus in the way of the cross. This path is one that we understandably may want to resist, hoping for a detour. . . .
- Tue, February 13, 2024
CRISTA Family Chapel Today at 3:30PM!
Join us this afternoon for our February 13, 2024 CRISTA Family Chapel at 3:30pm in Schirmer Auditorium! Please note the following: We look forward to seeing you there!
- Mon, February 12, 2024
Redeeming Love
(Read Ruth 4) Reflection on the passage:It seems fitting that as Valentine’s Day is approaching, we are wrapping up the book of Ruth. In this final chapter we celebrate love in marriage and family: the love between Ruth and Boaz (4:13), the love of daughter-in-law Ruth for Naomi (4:15), and Naomi’s love for her newborn . . .