July 13, 2026
Scripture Reference – 1 Samuel 17:31-37 (NRSVUE): When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him. David said to Saul, “Let no one’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against […]
Read MoreJuly 1, 2026
Scripture Reference – Judges 16:6-9, 15-20 (NRSVUE): So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes your strength so great and how you could be bound, so that one could subdue you.” Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that are not dried out, then I shall become weak and […]
Read MoreJune 28, 2026
Scripture Reference – Exodus 14:5-8; 10-14; 21-22 (NRSVUE): The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them. It came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel. And so the […]
Read MoreJune 24, 2026
Scripture Reference – Genesis 41:1-8; 14-16; 25-27 (NRSVUE): After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, and there came up out of the Nile seven sleek and fat cows, and they grazed in the reed grass. Then seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them and […]
Read MoreJune 9, 2026
Scripture Reference – Genesis 6:9-13; 18-22 (NRSVUE): These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw that the earth was […]
Read MoreJune 8, 2026
Scripture Reference – Genesis 4:1-16 (NRSVUE): Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.” Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to […]
Read MoreJune 4, 2026
Scripture Reference – Genesis 2:7-8; 16-18; 21-22 (NRSVUE): then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And the Lord God commanded […]
Read MoreMay 26, 2026
Scripture Reference – Acts 2:1-4; 42-47 (NRSVUE): When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue […]
Read MoreMay 26, 2026
Scripture Reference – 2 Corinthians 1:22 (NRSVUE) – who has put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. John 20:24-29 (NRSVUE): But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen […]
Read MoreMay 19, 2026
Scripture Reference – 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 (NRSVUE): though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle[a] among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own […]
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