Scripture: Luke 15:6 – “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.” (NRSV) When I was a teenager, I read this passage from...

Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:16 – “As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw...

Scripture: John 7:6 – “Jesus said to them, ‘My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.’” One of the classic conundrums is...

Scripture: Psalm 18:2 – “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the...

Scripture: Psalm 119:123 – “My eyes fail from watching for your salvation, and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.” Our faith...

Scripture: Psalm 53:2 – “God looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God.” (NRSV) One of...

Scripture: Psalm 108 – “Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn.” (NRSV) Last year, I started a new diet and exercise routine and...

Scripture: John 5:7 – “The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I...

Scripture: Genesis 11:9 – “Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there...

Scripture: Psalm 115:1 – “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your...

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:18 – “You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand,...

Scripture: Isaiah 65:18 – “But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its...

Scripture: Micah 7:19 – “He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all our sins into...

Judaeo-Christian religion often distinguishes itself from the “nature worship” of so-called “indigenous” faiths, but nature is never far...

Scripture: Psalm 135:15-16 – The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not...

Scripture: Song of Solomon 3:1 – “Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him,...

Scripture: Hebrews 12:3 – “Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose...

Scripture: John 12:42-43 – “Nevertheless many, even of the authorities, believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they did not...

Scripture: Isaiah 60:17 – “Instead of bronze I will bring gold, instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of...

Scripture: Psalm 84:3 – “Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars,...