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Week 41 Love and Discernment

By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 41 Scripture Readings: Psalm 119 Key Scripture Verse: Psalm 119:125 (NIV, Life Application Bible) “I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.” Psalm 119 is a very long psalm and the commentary in my Bible says that it is a psalm that was… Continue reading Week 41 Love and Discernment

Week 39 Feuding Neighbors and the Wrath of God

By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger) Week 39 Scripture Reading: Obadiah Key Scripture Verses: Obadiah 1:3-4 (NIV, Life Application Bible; Commentary also consulted: “Believer’s Bible Commentary,” by William MacDonald, 1995): “The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you… Continue reading Week 39 Feuding Neighbors and the Wrath of God

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 for “expectant hope.” 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, a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and a member of Spiritual Directors International. 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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