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Integrity

Integrity Today’s Scripture Selection: Psalm 25:21 “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.” Integrity matters. There are so many that seem to want to take short cuts in life. They cut corners or tell a little white lie. They find ways to justify things they know, deep down, they really… Continue reading Integrity

Week 28 Thursday

Straight Lines Today’s scripture selection: Proverbs 10 Key verse: Proverbs 10:9 “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.” When you think of integrity – who is it that comes to mind? Christ? Gandhi? Lincoln? Mother Teresa? Your own mother or father? Your spouse? Your boss? Yourself? I… Continue reading Week 28 Thursday

Week 1 Thursday

“Why?” Today’s scripture selection: Job 1-2 Key verses: Job 2:10 At times, it’s one of the most profound questions that can be asked: “Why?” A terrible storm rips through a small, sleepy town reducing it to rubble; a freak car accident claims the life of a young driver, an honor student at the local… Continue reading Week 1 Thursday

Paul Simrell

The Reverend Paul W. Simrell has served for over thirty years in a variety of congregational and institutional settings. He is a recognized minister with standing in the Virginia region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada and is nationally endorsed by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for specialized ministry in both pastoral counseling and chaplaincy. Ordained in 1982, he has served congregations in Kentucky, Texas, Florida, and Virginia. He currently serves as the pastor of Elpis Christian Church, a small, historic congregation located just a few miles west of Richmond, Virginia. Elpis is the Greek word meaning “expectant hope.” He also serves on the associate clinical staff of the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care, Richmond, Virginia, both as a pastoral counselor and a ministerial assessment specialist, specializing in executive, clergy and relationship coaching. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and Lexington Theological Seminary and has done advanced clinical training in chaplaincy and pastoral counseling at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, Children’s Medical Center and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas and the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care in Richmond, Virginia. He is a Certified Pastoral Counselor, an ACPE Practitioner, and a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is a Certified Facilitator of the Prepare-Enrich relationship assessment and skills-building program and served as a volunteer chaplain for over twenty years with the CJW Medical Center campuses in Richmond, Virginia. His avocational interests include playing the piano and drawing. He is very happily married to his wife Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell, a free-lance writer, who is also a Certified Facilitator for the Prepare-Enrich program. Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

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