Exodus 17:1-7 Water from the rockPsalm 95Romans 5:1-11John 4:5-42 The Samaritan woman at the well As each year passes our hearts tend to harden from the wear and tear of life. Things happen to us that hurt us, make us more cautious, cause us to fight back, and cause us
Continue readingGenesis 12:1-4a The call of AbramJohn 3:1-17 Nicodemus visits Jesus Jesus’ words to Nicodemus about being born again, like God’s call to Abram, represent the offer of a beginning. It is not the beginning that is long past, nor is it starting over again; but a perception of life that
Continue readingGenesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 First sin and punishmentMatthew 4:1-11 Temptation of Jesus Theologians have called it “Original Sin”, this feeling of curse or “bad karma” that seems inevitable in human nature. Matthew Fox says that before original sin came original blessing. These thoughts are the background against which to understand Jesus’
Continue readingExodus 24:12-18 God calls Moses up the mountainMatthew 17: 1-9 Jesus transfigured on the mountain Both Moses and Jesus are transformed, transfigured and changed by the presence of God. The events are spectacular, illuminating, dazzling and awe inspiring. So what do we do with this? Has your heart been set
Continue readingUnlike many people in the church Lent is my favorite season of the Christian year. How did this happen you might ask? How did a happy energetic sort of person like me come to long for the 6 weeks where we sing dark, and as some people describe them, dreary
Continue readingIsaiah 49:8-16 Yet I will not forget youMatthew 6:24-34 Do not worry about your life Envision your name inscribed on the hand of God. Envision God holding you so dearly that it would never be possible to forget you. Here is a truly relational view of the Sacred. What is
Continue readingLeviticus 19:1-2, 9-18. Living the holy life1 Corinthians 3:10-23. You are God’s templeMatthew 5:38-48. Turn the other cheek; give your cloak Our foundation is solid, our foundation is Jesus Christ. We are the builders called to build upon this foundation that God has given us. I believe we need to
Continue readingMatthew 5:21-37 Anger, Adultery, Divorce and OathsDeuteronomy 30:15-20 The great choiceSirach 15:15-20 Wisdom of the Lord Why is the Old Testament important to us? Because it was Jesus’ Bible: the background code against which his life and teachings are understood. He refers to the tenets of the Hebrew scriptures in
Continue readingIsaiah 58:1-12 The fast that Yahweh choosesPsalm 112 Bessings of the righteousMatthew 5:13-20 Let your light shine In Isaiah’s words, the prophetic demand for justice, for the end of oppression, is direct and unequivocal. And the consequence is just as clear: a good life, blessed and shining as a light
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