Author: Libby Boehne

Paul’s speech in Acts 13 reminds us that God is faithful to God’s promises. Paul begins by offering a reminder of God’s work throughout Israel’s…

This semester we have been reminded that not every leader will “judge [their] people with righteousness, and [their] poor with justice.” We have been bombarded…

Perhaps it is the mini-class on rappers and religion I took a couple of winters ago at Montreat, or my overuse of the “Top Hits”…

It’s so easy to get caught up in the wild story of Noah with the ark and all of the animals and the massive flood…

It’s hard to slow down and stop preparing for life’s challenges. Every day, after lunch, I leave the chapel basement, push open the heavy oak…

Since 2015, Duke’s Presbyterian Campus Ministry+ has created an advent devotional. Though it is the busiest time of year for students, we believe that it…

December 24 Luke 1:67-80 Jonathan Hill ’17 The time is near at hand! Tomorrow we celebrate Christmas and the birth of our Christ, Jesus. While…

December 23 Rev. Janise Matyas Smith, PCM+ Board Moderator Isaiah 9: 2-7 Peace. It’s a word we see a lot this time of year. Peace…

  December 22 Luke 1: 39-56 Cole Williams ’19 I like to imagine John leaping. As an unborn child in hismother’s womb, John stirs with…

December 21, 2018 Emma Friesen ’22 PSALMS 130; ISAIAH 29:9-24; LUKE 1:26-38 In advent, the church assumes a posture of waiting, which appears throughout this…

December 20, 2018 Emma Friesen ’22 PSALM 126; ISAIAH 28; REVELATIONS 20; LUKE 1:5-25 The text of Psalm 126 starts rejoicing and then has a…

December 19, 2018 Katie Becker ’17 Psalm 53: 3-4 “Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not…

December 18, 2018 Libby Boehne, Campus Minister Isaiah 11:1-9 It’s easy to breeze through the well-known passages in Isaiah, hardly registering what they say because…

December 17, 2018 Brett Stonecipher Divinity ’19 Isaiah 8:16 – 9:1 | Luke 22:39-53 The waiting of the advent season is not all pleasant, as…