Divine Love

Divine Love

1 John 4 (NRSVue) 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the...
Trusting Faith

Trusting Faith

Hebrews 11 (CEB) 1 Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the proof of what we don’t see. 2 The elders in the past were approved because they showed faith. 3 By faith we understand that the universe has been created by a word from God so that the visible came into...
Hope Fulfilled

Hope Fulfilled

Zechariah 9 (NRSVue) 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!    Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!See, your king comes to you;    triumphant and victorious is he,humble and riding on a donkey,    on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 He will cut off the chariot from...
When Faith Takes Us Too Far…

When Faith Takes Us Too Far…

Genesis 22 (NRSVue) 1 After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the...
The Cure for the Common Community

The Cure for the Common Community

Matthew 9 (NRSVue) 35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were...