Devotional

Faith Inspires Faith Taken from my Red Rock News Article (5/10/24) Rev. Dona Johnson | May 12, 2024 One of the most powerful prayers in the New Testament and for that matter, all of Scripture can be found in John 17. It is called the “High Priestly Prayer” and for good reason. It is packed […]

Friendship With God Is Its Own Reward Taken from a Red Rock News Article (5/3/24) Rev. Dona Johnson | Jan 21, 2024 When many of us think of Jesus, we don’t think of  him as having a friendship with us. Maybe because  we think of God as holy and untouchable. Or  maybe we think a

Stay Close to Jesus,We Stay Close to One Another Taken from my Red Rock News Article (4/26/24) Rev. Dona Johnson | April 28, 2024 During Jesus’ days vines were grown all  over Palestine. These vines needed a great deal of  attention if they were to produce the best of fruit.  Some vines needed trellises to

Lessons on the Road to Emmaus Taken from a Red Rock News Article Rev. Dona Johnson | April 21, 2024 ”So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, but they urged him strongly, saying, ‘Stay with us, for it is toward evening and

God’s Generosity On Full Display in the Early Church Taken from a Red Rock News Article (April 19, 2024) Rev. Dona Johnson | Jan 21, 2024 For the early church depicted in Acts, the  resurrection of Jesus Christ is less a creedal  statement of individual faith than a creative force of  community formation and fellowship.

Shut door? No problem for God. Taken from a Red Rock News Religion Column (4/5/24) Rev. Dona Johnson | April 7, 2024           Jesus appeared to the disciples on the first  evening of Easter Day. After Jesus’ resurrection, we are told the disciples locked themselves in the  upper room, the same room

Listening for Easter’s Promise Taken from a Red Rock News Article (Mar 29, 2024) Rev. Dona Johnson | March 31, 2024 The Essence of Christianity is “I have seen the Lord”   It’s Sunday morning, it’s the third day since Jesus  hung on the cross and died a painful death (Gospel  of John 20:1-18). Those

Good Friday Rev. Dona Johnson | March 29, 2024 Unwilling to allow the church to compromise  its most fundamental beliefs in the face of  Nazism, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran  pastor worked tirelessly to keep the true spirit  of the church alive in Germany, his resistance  cost him his life.   “I believe in Christianity as I

When Jesus Stood Silent Taken from a Red Rock News Article (March 22, 2024) Rev. Dona Johnson | March 24, 2024           For any of us who have been falsely accused of something. For any of us who have been blamed for something we did not do, we know from experience the

The Path To Greatness Taken from a Red Rock News Article (March 15, 2024) Rev. Dona Johnson | Jan 21, 2024        Jesus is walking with the disciples towards Jerusalem the final showdown (Mark 10:32-45). They are being followed by a crowd of people. Jesus takes his disciples aside and predicts for the