Posts by June Miller
iCLT News: Hope
Hope Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope…
Read MoreiCLT News Stacking and Layering
Stacking and Layering Trust, a verb. “to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of: Believe” “to place confidence in: rely on” “to hope or expect confidently” Mirriam-Webster I can’t say that I disagree with Mirriam-Webster, but the definition is ambiguous. If trust is a verb, what does it look like in progress? How is trust…
Read MoreiCLT News: The Best View
The Best View Summer…. vacations…family reunions…picnics…For many, summer is the season of relaxing, resting and disconnecting from the regular rhythms. Growing up in Germany this was a given whether you were in your first year with a company on your 25th year. Even Jesus sought to get away from it all at times, sending the…
Read MoreSharing our Surplus
In early 2017 some of us proposed setting up a special giving table at the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale as a way of adding to the total revenue generated for Mennonite Central Committee through this fall auction and craft and food sales. With the approval of the Sale’s executive committee a Sharing Our Surplus (SOS)…
Read MorePost Summer Assembly Thoughts
POST SUMMER ASSEMBLY THOUGHTS I know I can speak for all of iCLT when I write that all of us took a deep breath and exhaled following our 2023 Summer Assembly. Perhaps many of you did as well. When asked how the assembly went, I answered that our worship was great, the mission stories were…
Read MoreTwo of Three Resolutions pass
Two of Three Resolutions pass at Virginia Mennonite Conference 2023 Summer Delegate Assembly July 21, 2023 | June Miller | Virginia Mennonite Conference Harrisonburg, VA – On the final day of the assembly Virginia Mennonite Conference (VMC) delegates passed two of the three resolutions. “Year of Worship, Healing, Reflection and Renewal” passed with 91% approval.…
Read MoreiCLT News Rivers of Hope
Rivers of Hope Everywhere the river flows (Clap), everything will live (Clap). Everywhere the river flows (Clap), everything will live (Clap). This chant of hope from Ezekiel 47:9 with its catchy, rhythmic cadence was introduced to me by J.D. Walt in Seedbed Text. Say it out loud. Repeat it often. Turn it into a cheer,…
Read MoreiCLT News Abiding in the Vine
Abiding in the Vine According to John 15:4-5 in the Common English Bible (CEB), it is emphasized that remaining in Christ and having Christ remain in us is essential. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own but must stay connected to the vine, we too cannot bear fruit unless we remain in…
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