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...

Scripture: Luke 4:39 – “Then he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.”...

Scripture: Luke 5:36 – “He also told them a parable: ‘No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it on an old garment; otherwise,...

Scripture: Jeremiah 4:3b – “Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.” (NRSVue)   When I was growing up, one of the most...

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:13 – “…moreover, it is God’s gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil.” (NRSVue)...

Scripture: Revelation 21:5a – “And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’” (NRSVue)   Happy New...

Dear friends, As I am spending time with my family on this marvelous Christmas day, I wanted to share with you one my favorite poems:...

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...