Trusting Because
Proper 14: Gospel, Matthew 14:22-33 Matthew 14:22-33 It’s a famous account: Jesus walking on the water. It’s stunning in the very thought of what transpires...
Hearing
Proper 14: Epistle, Romans 10:5-17 Romans 10:5-17 What is the sense you value most? God gives us five. Sight, hearing, taste, touch, and the sense of smell. There they stand and what...
Backed Into “The Great Middle”
Proper 14: Old Testament, Job 38:4-18 Job 38:4-18 Have you ever been humbled? I mean really, truly humbled? To the point where you have no option but to simply close...
Never Just Enough
Proper 13: Gospel, Matthew 14:13-21 Matthew 14:13-21 God’s invitation to life and our participation in it always lead to an evident conclusion. When God makes an...
Pain Caused By The No
Proper 13: Epistle, Romans 9:1-5 Romans 9:1-5 Just a brief comment here from Romans chapter nine. Following on the heels of the beautiful invitations we...
By Invitation Only
Proper 13: Old Testament, Isaiah 55:1-5 Isaiah 55:1-5 An amazing chapter of Isaiah following closely on the heels of at least two other amazing chapters. I have pointed out in other devotions...
Things Beyond Now
Proper 12: Gospel, Matthew 13:44-52 Matthew 13:44-52 Matthew chapter 13-the parable chapter-at least that’s how I have always thought of it. Jesus the master storyteller...
For Whom?
Proper 12: Epistle, Romans 8:28-39 Romans 8:28-39 My focus today is the one verse in this reading that Christian disciples run to again and again. And it is...
Sticky Love
Proper 12: Old Testament, Deuteronomy 7:6-9 Deuteronomy 7:6-9 Deuteronomy chapter seven, although a statement of the calling of Israel, has a great deal to speak to all humanity. As so...
Good Seed
Proper 11: Gospel, Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Another parable from the thirteenth of Matthew. Jesus uses parables both to hide and to make aware. And God’s purposes...
