October 7, 2024
Scripture Reference – John 14:1-6, 25-27 (NRSV): “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for […]
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2024
Scripture Reference – Luke 19:1-10 (NRSV): He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed […]
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2024
Scripture Reference – Luke 15:1-10 (NRSV): Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, […]
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2024
Scripture Reference – Luke 15:11-32 (NRSV): Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the wealth that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled […]
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2024
Scripture Reference – Isaiah 35:4-7 (CEB): Say to those who are panicking: “Be strong! Don’t fear! Here’s your God, coming with vengeance; with divine retribution God will come to save you.” Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.Then the lame will leap like the deer, and the tongue of the speechless […]
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2024
Scripture Reference – Matthew 6:25-34 (NRSV): “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap […]
Read MoreAugust 26, 2024
Scripture Reference – Micah 6:6-8 (NRSV): “With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil?Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the […]
Read MoreAugust 19, 2024
Scripture Reference – Romans 12:3-8 (NRSV): For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many […]
Read MoreAugust 12, 2024
Scripture Reference – 1 Peter 2:4-9 (NRSV): Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: “See, I […]
Read MoreAugust 5, 2024
Scripture Reference – Ephesians 4:1-6 (NIV): As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you […]
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