Everything, Given From God
For Sunday, May 17, 2015 – John 17:6-19 What if we were to begin to believe, as Jesus believed, that everything is given to us from God? Nothing is a mistake. Everything has purpose and meaning uniquely suited for our lives. The person who adores me, along with the one who does not like me so much—given. The tasks […]
Love and Joy
For Sunday, May 10, 2015 – John 15:9-17 What’s love got to do with it? Apparently, everything. Abide in my love, Jesus says. Hmm . . . how do we do that? By keeping my commandments. Ah-ha . . . I knew there had to be a catch. So “abiding in love” is about duty and commitment and obligation. […]
The Fruit of Abiding
For Sunday, May 3, 2015 – John 15:1-8 How readily we hear the admonition to “bear fruit.” Go, do, produce . . . be all you can be, and then some. Be productive or be cast aside. Growing up on an Iowa farm, attending a small school and a small church where everyone had work to do, […]
What We Need
For Sunday, April 26, 2015 – John 10:11-18 Usually my attention goes immediately to the relationship between the sheep and the shepherd. How good and kind the shepherd is, willing to give his life for the sheep. How comforting to see myself as one of many, just an ordinary sheep, yet extraordinarily loved and known. […]
