What does it mean for us to be "pure of heart?" Just teaches that the pure of heart will see God! I want that or at least I think I do....

Mercy is a key to understanding God. It is also key to understanding the #beatitudes. What makes #mercy so important? What is mercy? Join...

Hunger and thirst are primal instincts that emerge from deep within. Both #hunger and #thirst are triggered when our bodies want to tell...

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5) What was Jesus thinking when he said this? The #meek rarely get a...

#Mourning and #grief are underrated collections of emotions. Way too often we suppress our grief and/or avoid it altogether. Men are...

Many times I have heard the first of the #Beatitudes interpreted purely in terms of #humility and I have interpreted it that way myself....

Following the path of Jesus may begin with saying, "Yes," and then it continues to an ever-deepening self examination and self surrender....

As I sat pondering the passages for this weekend, I could not hope but notice a recurring theme of humility. Honor can only come from the...

There is a lovely passage of scripture about being called and chosen in the writings of Jeremiah, near the beginning. I have heard used...

We always expect Jesus to be bringing things together and this story does not bode well for that expectation. In this story Jesus...

For a fair portion of my life, I was not a morning person! Even now I suspect I am not a morning person though I get my most focused work...

When we read in Matthew about measuring our faith by how we treat the "least of these," those who are sick and imprisoned and hungry and...

Busy? Martha gets that. This Sunday, we will look at Luke 10:38-42 and learn how Jesus' visit to Martha's home creates questions for her...

Presented with the commandments in Deuteronomy, the Israelites struggle to figure out if they can live into those commandments. The...

The prophet Elisha has taken over in the work of Elijah. A request for healing comes to the king of Israel form a rival king and leads to...

Sometimes in the Hebrew Bible, prophets arise independently, called out by God alone. Sometimes there is a passing along of the prophetic...

At the height of his work, Elijah runs away into the desert. Sometimes I think I understand where he was coming from. He had given his...

Sunday we are exploring Jesus' transition from daily ministry to Jerusalem. While the transition itself is important, on the way out of...

This Sunday is a day in the church year called Pentecost, a day to celebrate when the “church” became the church with an outpouring of...

This Sunday is Ascension Sunday in which Jesus was carried up into heaven. And this week we were reminded again of the tragic pain and...