Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:10 – “Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.”...

Scripture: Exodus 40:38 – “For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud   by night, before the eyes...

Scripture: 2 Samuel 21:19 – “Then there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite...

Scripture: Revelation 18:9-10 – “And the kings of the earth... will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning; they...

Scripture: Zechariah 1:3b – “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord...

Scripture: Psalm 6:2-3 – “Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror. My soul...

Scripture: 1 John 2:7-8 – “Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the...

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...