March 19, 2023 John 9: 1–41 The bible reading for this Sunday is the story of Jesus healing a man who had been blind from birth. It has a good dose of drama, intrigue, conflict and beauty. It is also an entire chapter long. Here is the chapter summarized like a three-act play: …

“Crossing All Boundaries” March 12, 2023 John 4:5–42 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. …

March 5, 2023 John 3:1–17 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do…

February 26, 2023 Matthew 4: 1–11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God…

The Transfiguration of Jesus February 19, 2023 Matthew 17:1–9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling…

February 12, 2023 Deuteronomy 30:15–20 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and…

February 5, 2023 Matthew 5: 13–16 Jesus said: ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything but is thrown out and trampled underfoot. ‘You are the light of the world. A…

January 29, 2023 Matthew 5:1–12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those…

“At The Round Table” January 22. 2023 Matthew 4:12–23 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken through the prophet…