Scripture: 2 Kings 9:30 – “When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of...

Scripture: Proverbs 7:2 – “…keep my commandments and live; keep my teachings as the apple of your eye…” (NRSVUE)   Have you ever heard...

Scripture: Proverbs 3:24 – “If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.” (NRSVue)   As I write...

Scripture: Acts 26:24-25 – “While he was making this defense, Festus exclaimed, ‘You are out of your mind, Paul! Too much learning is...

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 34:22 – “So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent went to the prophet Huldah, the wife of Shallum son of...

Scripture: Psalm 82:6 – “I say, “You are gods, children of the Most High, all of you…”   Last Sunday was Good Shepherd Sunday, where we...

Scripture: Ezekiel 11:19 – “I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their...

Scripture: Revelation 3:17 – “For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched,...

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:8 – “Therefore, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and evil, but with...

Scripture: John 12:8 – “You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” (NRSVue)   According to John’s Gospel, a week...

Scripture: Isaiah 54:9-10 – “This is like the days of Noah to me: Just as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again go over the...

Scripture: Leviticus 23:29 – “For those who do not humble themselves during that entire day shall be cut off from the people.” (NRSVue)  ...

Scripture: Romans 2:13-14 – “For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight but the doers of the law who will be...

Scripture: Daniel 3:17 – “If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king,...

Scripture: Matthew 23:37 – “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I...

Scripture: Ezekiel 1:16, 18 – “As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of...

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:13 – “Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unveiled?” (NRSVue)   In...

Scripture: Jeremiah 22:15a – “Are you a king because you compete in cedar?” (NRSVue)   When I was growing up, I had this idea about...

Scripture: Luke 5:31-32 – “Jesus answered them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick; I have not come...

Scripture: Psalm 56:8 – “You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record?” (NRSVue)   We are...