For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, P...
Today's Lectionary Reading
In the wooden manger beside my family’s Christmas tree, the empty space between Jesus and Mary has not yet been filled. This year...
Then Isaiah said: "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also? Therefore, the Lord himself will give yo...
“Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and he said:
‘Who
am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
And as if...
And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass...
12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade. 13 No one else dared joi...
“Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives t...
Today's Lectionary Readings
Hope is not optimism—not, at least, in the sense of calling a half-empty glass half-full. Indeed, if life is a glass, I think we...
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I am your shield; your reward shall be very great … Look towar...
For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ...