January 6, 2015
Today’s Readings Gen 13:5-15:21, Matt 5:27-48, Psalm 6:1-10, Prov 1:28-33 Loving enemies? How’s that working for you? “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall […]
January 5, 2015
Gen 11:1-13:4, Matt 5:1-26, Psalm 5:1-12, Prov 1:24-27 In our western, American understanding, how do we view what it means to be blessed? Today’s reading from […]
January 5, 2015
January 4, 2015
Genesis 8:1-10:32, Matt 4:12-25, Psalm 4:1-8, Prov 1: 20-23 The flood ends, the land dries, and God makes a new covenant. The sign of the rainbow […]
January 2, 2015
Gen 3: 1-4:26, Matthew 2:13-3:6, Psalm 2: 1-12, Proverbs 1:7-9 That didn’t take long. Creation went from, “It was good” now to this, from beautiful to […]
January 1, 2015
Day 1 Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:25, Matthew 1: 1-2:12, Psalm 1:1-6, Proverbs 1:1-6 Beginnings. Happy New Year and the beginning of 2015. What a good opportunity to […]
November 30, 2014
Darkness. In the beginning, when all was chaos and a formless void. In the beginning when darkness covered the face of the deep, the breath of God swept over the face of the waters. In the beginning—darkness.
September 3, 2014
God Save Us From God[1] When the skies are dark and all around us seems chaos with the news in Ferguson, Gaza, Liberia, and the […]
August 31, 2014
Don’t worry—because we are alive… Today, beginning with creation, God brings order from chaos. God creates, makes, forms, shapes, and triumphs… from nothing to something beautiful, and there is evening, and there is morning, and we are alive.