Scripture: Luke 13:34 – “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I...

Scripture: Isaiah 19:24 – “On that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth…”...

Scripture: Philippians 1:12 – “I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in the...

Scripture: John 16:25 – “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in...

Scripture: 2 Kings 22:19 – “…because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against...

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:18-19 – “They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for...

Scripture: John 13:35 – “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (NRSVue)   On the night...

Scripture: Ruth 1:20 – “She said to them, ‘Call me no longer Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.’” (NRSVue)...

Scripture: 2 Kings 20:19 – “Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.’ For he thought, ‘Why not,...

Scripture: Psalm 39:2-3a – “I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse; my heart became hot within me.”...

Scripture: Hebrews 3:13 – “But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by the...

Scripture: Job 2:13 – “They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his...

Scripture: Proverbs 27:10 – “Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day...

Scripture: Proverbs 22:13 – “The lazy person says, ‘There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!’” (NRSVue)   My wife is...

Proverbs 19:25 – “Strike someone who scoffs, and a naive person will become clever; correct someone with understanding, and they will...

Scripture: Song of Solomon 8:6 – “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, passion fierce...

Scripture: James 1:13 – “No one, when tempted, should say, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself...

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:26 – “But the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because compassion for her son burned within her, ‘Please,...

Scripture: 2 Samuel 14:28 – “So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem without coming into the king’s presence.” (NRSVue) When should...

Scripture: Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (NRSVue) We all dream about winning the lottery,...