Summer Devotional | Pen Peery

Summer Devotional | Pen Peery

For this series of summer devotionals, the pastoral staff of First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte wishes to frame what is sure to be an interesting and volatile election season. While it is not the job of a church or a pastor to guide anyone’s personal choice or...

Lenten Devotional for March 31st

REFLECTION John’s telling of the events on the first Easter Sunday is chock-full of details: descriptions of linen cloths, two disciples racing toward the tomb, one disciple peering in the tomb–but Peter bravely entering the tomb. The most tender of...

Lenten Devotional for March 29th

PSALM 118:1-2, 19-29 | A Song of Victory O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, ‘His steadfast love endures forever.’ Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give...

Lenten Devotional for March 28th

A LANDSCAPE This painting of a barn and barnyard near sundown May be enough to suggest we don’t have to turn From the visible world to the invisible In order to grasp the truth of things. We don’t always have to distrust appearances. Not if we’re...

Lenten Devotional for March 27th

SCRIPTURE | John 18:33-38 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” Pilate replied, “I am not...

Lenten Devotional for March 26th

CHRIST IN FRONT OF PILATE ARTIST | Mihály Munkácsy Munkacsy, Mihaly. Christ in front of Pilate. 1881. Deri Muzeum, Debrecen, Hungary. https://en.m.wikipedia.org./wiki/File:Munkacsy_-_Christ_in_front_of_Pilate.jpg