First Thursday of Lent | Christy Ridings

Psalms 37:1-18 Deuteronomy 7:6-11 Titus 1:1-16 John 1:29-34 The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. (Deuteronomy 7:6) Today is the day all about love…or at least that is what we are told by the greeting card and […]

Week 1 of Advent | Christy Ridings

Saturday, December 8 Psalms 20, 21.1-7, 110.1-7, 116, 117 Isaiah 4.2-6 Luke 21.5-19 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18 At the end of last year, my dear friend received a liver transplant. The ten years prior were filled with doctors, job changes, new homes, progressions and regressions with her illness and very few constants in her life. When […]

FF40 – Day 7 on Community | From Christy Ridings

DAY 7 – Community Proverbs 22:24-25 | Galatians 6:2, 10 | 1 John 1:7 Just ‘the tip of the iceberg’…. If you ask any seasoned sailor of arctic waters they would likely tell you the most dangerous thing about an iceberg is not what can be seen above the water’s surface. It is that approximately […]

Blinking…

On average, humans blink anywhere between 3-15 times a minute while awake, depending on the type of activity they are doing. That means that in a given day, most individuals blink somewhere between 2,880-14,400 times on average. Since college students tend to sleep less, this number would be higher. It is strange to think that […]

Lent | 3.21.12

Psalm 107:1-16 Isaiah 60:15-22 John 8:12-20 “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever” (Psalm 107:1). For me, the Lenten season serves as a great time of self reflection. It allows me a concentrated time to become more aware of my daily patterns. Those patterns which have become so engrained in my […]

Advent | Day 8

Sunday, December 4 Psalms 114, 115, 148, 149, 150 Amos 6.1-14 2 Thessalonians 1.5-12 Luke 1.57-68 Praise the Lord! Praise Him from the heavens! Praise Him for His acts of power! Sing to the Lord a new Song! Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! As we begin to turn our hearts and minds […]

Freshman First 40 — Day 1

DAY 1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011 Rom 12:9-16 As you enter into this new season of your life, the word “community” will be thrown around quite a bit. You may find yourself a bit overwhelmed at the mere number of opportunities to connect with other students and with organizations here at Belmont. In many ways, […]