June 24, 2025
Scripture Reference – Luke 7:36-49 (NIV): When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar […]
Read MoreJune 9, 2025
Scripture Reference – Luke 5:27-38 (CEB): Afterward, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Levi got up, left everything behind, and followed him. Then Levi threw a great banquet for Jesus in his home. A large number of tax collectors and […]
Read MoreJune 9, 2025
Scripture Reference – Luke 5:27-39 (NRSVUE): After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd […]
Read MoreJune 1, 2025
Scripture Reference – Luke 22:7-8, 24-27 CEB (CEB): The Day of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John with this task: “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover meal.” An argument broke out among the disciples over which one of them should be regarded as the greatest. […]
Read MoreJune 1, 2025
Scripture Reference – Luke 22:7-23 (NRSVUE): Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat it.” They asked him, “Where do you want us to make preparations for it?” “Listen,” he said to […]
Read MoreMay 25, 2025
Scripture Reference – Acts 2:42-47 (CEB): The believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the community, to their shared meals, and to their prayers. A sense of awe came over everyone. God performed many wonders and signs through the apostles. All the believers were united and shared everything. They would sell pieces of property and possessions and […]
Read MoreMay 25, 2025
Scripture Reference – John 5:2-9a (NRSVUE): Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many ill, blind, lame, and paralyzed people. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a […]
Read MoreMay 18, 2025
Scripture Reference – Luke 24:36-49 (NIV): While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. […]
Read MoreMay 18, 2025
Scripture Reference – Matthew 7:24-27 (NRSVUE): “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on […]
Read MoreMay 11, 2025
Scripture Reference – Matthew 5:14-16 (NRSVUE): “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.15 People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same […]
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