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Astounding Transformation A Meditation on Acts 1: 6-14 Rev. Michelle Denney Grunseich Aston Presbyterian Church May 24, 2020   “So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that… Read more

Encountering the Unknown God A Meditation on Acts 17:22-31 Rev. Michelle Denney Grunseich Aston Presbyterian Church May 17, 2020 “Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects… Read more

The Plight of the Precious and Peculiar Pebble A Meditation on 1 Peter 2:2-10 Rev. Michelle Denney Grunseich Aston Presbyterian Church May 10, 2020 “Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Come to him,… Read more

He Restoreth My Soul A Meditation on Psalm 23 Rev. Michelle Denney Grunseich Aston Presbyterian Church May 3, 2020   “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness… Read more

Along the Way A Meditation on Luke 24: 13-35 Rev. Michelle Denney Grunseich Aston Presbyterian Church April 26, 2020 “Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking… Read more

Hurry! It’s a Matter of Death and Life A Meditation on John 20:19-31 Rev. Michelle Denney Grunseich Aston Presbyterian Church April 19, 2020 “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus… Read more

Who Will Roll the Stone Away? An Easter Sunday Meditation on Luke 24:1-12 Rev. Michelle Denney Grunseich Aston Presbyterian Church April 12, 2020  “On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but… Read more

    “I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first… Read more

“Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the… Read more

 “He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But when Jesus turned and… Read more