When Love Shows Up
A Weekly Blog
Welcome to the hub of our series, When Love Shows Up, a weekly blog by the Rev. Philip DeVaul. Here, you’ll find inspiring messages with weekly reflections that offer insight and encouragement.

WLSU: No Self Improvement
This blog is also available as a podcast In exactly one month I’m going on sabbatical. I will be away from my job for just

WLSU: Repentance at the Gym
This blog is also available as a podcast Today at the gym I overheard a conversation. I did not mean to. I was not eavesdropping. Well not

WLSU: Cancelled
This blog is also available as a podcast At Church of the Redeemer’s Thursday morning Bible Study we are currently reading through 2nd Corinthians. 2nd Corinthians is likely an edited collection of two to three

WLSU: Prosperity and Adversity
This blog is also available as a podcast Here is your uplifting piece of Scripture for the day. It comes from the book of the

WLSU: Love and Death
This blog is also available as a podcast The story goes that Valentine was a clergy person in the Roman Empire during one of the

WLSU: Audacity and Humility
This blog is also available as a podcast In my first parish job, my rector told me it takes audacity and humility to be a

WLSU: Loving Kindness
This blog is also available as a podcast I want to be kind. I want to be kind today, to be kind tomorrow, to be

WLSU: More Than That
This blog is also available as a podcast In November of 1984 my parents threw an Election Night party. I still remember the little elephants on the cocktail

WLSU: A Nation of Prophets
This blog is also available as a podcast Christians often misunderstand the point of the biblical prophets. We’ve been doing this for centuries. We act as if their primary purpose is predicting

WLSU: Until You Love Them
This blog is also available as a podcast I once heard a story about Desmond Tutu, and I’m not sure if it’s true, but I’m going to tell it to you

WLSU – Back At It
This blog is also available as a podcast It’s worth noting that Jesus didn’t always like his job. This is well-documented. And I’m not talking about when Jesus slipped away from