Psalm 40: 1-10 I will sing a new song.Ephesians 3:16-19 May you be rooted and grounded in love.Mark 8: 31-38 Set your mind on divine things. We are often called to give up something for Lent, a practice of penitence and discipline. It has been suggested by one member of
Continue readingMatthew 4:1-11 Jesus tempted in the wilderness Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Temptation in the garden Jesus temptation in the wilderness can be a model for our dealing with temptation in our lives. Mostly, it is our ego that succumbs, but we are also a higher self with a purpose beyond the
Continue reading2 Kings 2:1-12 Elijah is taken up into heavenMark 9:2-9 The transfiguration of Jesus On Transfiguration Sunday Peter, James and John are led up a mountain where they witness Jesus being transfigured before them. This dazzling white shone brightly around Jesus revealing the true identity of Jesus and his way
Continue reading2 Kings 5:1-14 Healing of NaamanMark 1:40-45 Jesus Cleanses a Leper In the stories of the healing of Naaman and Jesus “cleansing” a leper, we hear the pride and judgement that pervaded the attitudes toward disease and healing. Both stories twist those attitudes into something much more gracious. Today we
Continue readingIsaiah 40:21-31 Those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strengthMark 1:29-39 Jesus Heals Many at Simon’s House What is it that makes us well and whole and strong? Isaiah’s promise that we will mount up like eagles, run and not be weary; and Jesus’ raising up the woman
Continue readingDeuteronomy 18:15-20 God will raise up a prophet after Moses1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Concerning food offered to idolsMark 1:21-28 The man with an unclean spirit is healed in Capernaum “Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit.” An unclean spirit, a feeling of being unworthy, a
Continue readingJonah 3:1-5, 10 Conversion of NinevehPsalm 62:5-12 My rock and my salvationMark 1:14-20 Jesus Calls the First Disciples Jonah was angry with God for forgiving the people of Nineveh. John the Baptist was arrested for his ministry of baptism. How can people be so resentful or resistant to God’s blessings?
Continue readingJohn 1:43-51 Jesus calls Philip and NathanaelPsalm 139:1-6, 13-18 God has searched and known me1 Samuel 3:1-20 God calls Samuel 3 words can mean significantly different things depending on what order they appear in, or in what order they are said. “I am here,” “Am I here?” “Here I am”
Continue readingGenesis 1:1-5 Heaven and earthMark 1:4-11 Baptism of JesusActs 19:1-7 Paul’s baptizes in the Spirit The baptism of Jesus reminds us of the importance of being named. After Jesus was baptized he was named “the Beloved” “God’s Son”. We also hear how God named the light “day” and the darkness
Continue readingIsaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Announce freedom to all captivesJohn 1:6-8, 19-28 Thunder in the desert John the Baptist knew Isaiah’s ancient words about liberty to the captives and good news to the poor. He also knew the kind of message Jesus was about to proclaim: a light shining in the darkness.
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