Baffling Instructions
When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” “Master,” Simon replied,…
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Bone Weary?
When I find myself getting bone-weary from the hustle and bustle of life, I go back to one of my favorite Scriptures, Psalm 23. The…
Doubt and Disappointment with God
So he [Jesus] replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame…
Breaking the False Refuge of Shame
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town…
Redeeming the Time
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not…
The Affirmation of Identity
As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of…
A Servant to Others
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your…
The Strength of Our Breath
Even as a child, I loved looking up at the sky. Afternoons would find me imagining fluffy clouds in different shapes: alligators, dogs, rabbits… you…
Walking in the Garden
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife…
Arise, Joseph!
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish…