Ascension Sunday With His ascension, Jesus called us to be His incarnation to the world. That’s a large responsibility. If it were not for Jesus promise of Pentecost, the disciples would have been left with the authority to “Go into all of the worlds” without the...
Jacob’s Sheep (The View from the Top)Story Lectionary26 May 2019Jesus Commissions His DisciplesSarah Laughed but Became the Mother of Her People (Genesis 17-18)Psalm 23: God Will Be with You Even Through the ValleysPsalm 121: God Will Be with You and Keep You...
Everyone goes through hard times. It seems that when we are in the deepest valleys, that we are alone. We are not. Psalm 23 is very familiar to so many, yet sometimes we read it so robotically that we miss what is being said. The verse is read at so many funerals, yet...
Ready for Rapture Lectionary 26 May 2019 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:1-10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 The length of our days grows longer, as we approach the summer equinox (still three and a half weeks away). There is more sunlight...
Create bridges for your metaphors so people can understand them. If you take a metaphor from scripture and bridge it with a metaphor in current day language, you have a greater chance that someone will understand the story of scripture. For example, one of the...
