Today we continue reading from the 12th chapter of the gospel according to Luke. This is a part of what we call the “travel narrative” where Jesus is on his way toward Jerusalem. Last week we read from the 12th chapter where Jesus tells his listeners about how they do not need to worry so […]

Today is the second Sunday of Advent and we are once again invited to hear the story of John the Baptist. This year we are reading his story from the gospel of Luke. John is the one who shows up from the wilderness to help announce the entrance of Jesus into the story of humanity. […]

Today and next week we are going to look into the 10th chapter of the gospel of Mark. There are 4 gospels at the beginning of the New Testament that share stories and teachings during the life of Jesus on earth. Mark is the shortest of the four and is considered to be the first […]

Today we continue our series on the New Testament letter we call James. A book of the Bible that we think was originally a sermon written by James the brother of Jesus and then added to by a later author and circulated to a wider audience. We have heard words from James inviting us to […]

Today we continue our series on the New Testament letter we call James. Many current biblical scholars think that James the brother of Jesus wrote part of the letter as a sermon and then later someone added to it so that it would apply to a wider audience. Previously we have read in this letter […]

Today we continue our series through the month of September on the New Testament book of James. This biblical letter is attributed to James who was the brother of Jesus. Many scholars today think that James the brother of Jesus did write part of this letter as a sermon but then someone later added to […]

Last week we finished up our series on the early history of Israel found in the Old Testament. Today we are going to turn to the New Testament book of James. We are going to be reading through James in the month of September. James has been considered a controversial book. It took several hundred […]

Over the last several weeks we have been learning about the early history of Israel when they were ruled by kings. We have heard about their first two kings Saul and then David and now we move to their third king Solomon. Solomon will end up being the last king to rule over a united […]

Over the past several weeks we have been reading about Israel’s early history when they were ruled by kings. First there was Saul and then David. In today’s scripture we will be reading of the death of David and the battle over who will be the next king. Today we move into the Old Testament […]

We have been reading through the stories of early Israel history when they were ruled by kings. The first king was Saul and then David became king. Reading through these stories over the past several weeks has put David in a very different light for me. David has always been one of the heroes of […]