Jesus is traveling through town and stops to rest at a well. The disciples head into town to scare up some food to eat. Jesus encounters...

We turn our attention to a questioner who made his way to visit Jesus under the cover of darkness. Our questioner, Nicodemus, probably...

What are all Jesus's agrarian images all about? Planting and weeds and now Jesus uses the image of a mustard seed to describe the Kingdom...

More on the Kingdom? Jesus had a lot to say about this Kingdom and he like to talk about the Kingdom in enigmatic story form. This week...

What is so important about the Kingdom of God? Jesus seemed to talk about it quite a bit. Each story he tells unfolds just a little bit...

Jesus talked a lot about the Kingdom, usually in very subtle ways. Jesus would hint that the kingdom of God was like something, like...

The King James Version of the Bible speaks about going into the closet to pray. Of course, that version was translated into Middle...

This week we take a look at what Jesus preached and modeled for the disciples and, by extension, us. We will begin with Jesus' "first"...

What do we do when the structures we thought we could count on are no longer the same? That question seems like a modern question but it...

I have been pondering Love. It is the core of our faith and the way we are shaped. Love made us and, as one of my teachers told me,...

We begin a new year by exploring #intention. What will shape the coming year for each of us individually? What will shape the work of...

John's gospel does not have a traditional Christmas birth story (neither does Mark's gospel). Here is how John's gospel summarizes it in...

Everything about Christmas is filled with awe and wonder.The days are beginning to get longer, and we remember God's in-breaking Love....

On this fourth Sunday of Advent, #allthefeelsofChristmas focuses on love. The reading from Luke 1:46-56, is known as "Mary's Magnificat"...

Every year at Christmas time, we sing "Joy to the World." We have a sense of what was meant in that first-century when Jesus was born....

We all live with expectations. When we get all tied up in the expectations, they can change the way we receive what we expected when it...

There are so many ways to speak about #gratitude. As we draw close to the celebration of Thanksgiving, it seems appropriate to end with a...

When I began pondering the second week of the #Attitudes of #Gratitude series, an old hymn arose in me: All things bright and beautiful,...

Who really wants to be persecuted? And yet Jesus tells us, Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs...

This week we turn to the #peacemaker #beatitude: How blest are the peacemakers; God shall call them sons and daughters. Those who bring...