Posts by Pastor Scott Wagoner
Founders Day Prayer
Our Founders Day Prayer on November 5, 2017
Feet to Faith: Connecting our faith with our daily walk
In his devotional, “Shalom for the Heart’, Rabbi Evan Moffic writes, “Sometimes in the rush of life, we forget to celebrate. Something good happens to us and we think either (a) Things are good so something bad will probably happen soon; or (b) OK. What’s next?” It seems as if we are too busy to celebrate or there are so many challenging things going on in the world that we feel guilty for celebrating. But celebration is good for the…
Feet to Faith: Oct. 15-21
This past week the prepared message was entitled, “Livin’ the Dream” and taken from Luke 4:14-21.
Weekly “Feet to Faith”
This week’s “Feet to Faith” is based on yesterday’s Prepared Message, “The Spiritual Life in Real Time” and the Scripture text, John 14:15-26.
Love is not envious
For the past couple of Sundays we have explored what love is…love is patient and kind. But to walk in the “way of love” is to also be aware of what love is not…love is not envious, boastful, arrogant, or rude. I shared yesterday how back in May of 2000 the pedestrian bridge outside the Charlotte Motor speedway collapsed after a race. 107 people were injured with at least 13 critically injured. The investigation found there to be corrosion that…
Putting Feet to Faith – “Be Kind”
Kindness in Scripture shows up as a natural outgrowth of living life in the Spirit so it would seem that as we live in relationship with Jesus, kindness is going to manifest itself in our lives.
“The Art of Thanksgiving” by Wilferd A. Peterson
Scott shared this reading in his prepared message yesterday. It’s a great reminder as to how our prayers of thanksgiving can be turned into acts of “thanksliving”
Founders Day Prayer – 2016
This is the prayer we offered at the beginning of meeting for worship at our recent Founders Day, Sunday, November 6. Gracious and Loving God, 262 years ago, you gathered together a group of people who felt called to become a faith community in the Quaker tradition. These folks would become known as Deep River Friends Meeting. 262 years ago, they came together with a mustard seed of faith that existed in their hearts. They had no idea how long…
“Gracing the World with Abundance, Beauty, and Courage”
Sunday’s Prepared Message – Deep River Friends -May 1, 2016 One of my NetFlix shows that I Iike to watch is Daredevil. Admittedly, he’s a Marvel comic superhero character that now has it’s own show and it’s intensity level is a bit beyond what I remember comics to include. But I like it and I am fascinated by the storylines…the battle between good and evil. Daredevil, whose name is Matt Murdock, can’t see. He’s blind. After saving a man from…
Listening for God in our Lives
This morning we are not having meeting for worship at Deep River Friends due to the wintry weather. It may seem strange to some to not be gathered in a place for worship but maybe it can help teach us about being present where we are and how God can speak to us through the moment. Having a place to gather to worship is a wonderful gift but maybe an even greater gift is knowing that God meets us in…