Jesus Blesses Us
Blessed are Those I started tutoring at an elementary school in Verona this year. And it has been such a good experience- getting to spend time with some great kids…
Caught Up in New Life
Fishing not Catching When you are a fisherman, it goes with the territory that there will be times when you come up empty. I got a report from my Mom…
God’s Call: Command and Gift
Back into our shell It is part and parcel of being a living human being that it comes as a shock to our system whenever we encounter God and God’s…
TODAY!
This week we jump back into Luke’s gospel (Luke 4:14-21), And hear a story about every seminarian’s worst nightmare… Going back home to preach at the congregation or synagogue you…
Christ’s Abundance
Jesus has no sense of proportion when it comes to giving himself to us It was only a sign, but those 6 jars of water turned into 150 or more…
An Epiphany for Our Time
Gradual, Patient & Sometimes Invisible Jesus knew that great results do not always happen as suddenly as a conversion experience on the banks of the Jordan River. Many people have…
The Gift of God Made Manifest in Us!
Receiving the Gift The Christian faith is always being given to us by God as a gift. God will never take it back nor will God withhold it from any…
A faithful “I don’t know”
Asking Honest Questions At a youth group retreat in high school, my pastor sat us down to talk about the Bible. This pastor was new to us, an interim who…
What Then Should We Do?
A Crowd with a Question John the Baptist must have been a fire-y preacher in his crazy clothing, out in the desert- saying things that were controversial and hard to…
Repent and Follow
So, who cares? Who cares about Tyberius, Pilate, Herod, Phillip and Lysanius, Annas and Caiaphis? Ok, granted…we Christians, who know Jesus’ story, will care about Pilate and Herod a bit…