Take Nothing for Your Journey – Aug. 10, 2022
“One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases. Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. “Take nothing for your journey,” he instructed them. “Don’t take a walking stick, […]
A Life of Making Enemies – June 27, 2022
““Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth,” Jesus tells a shocked crowd. “I have not come to bring peace but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). The peacemaking Jesus intends for the disciples to invite conflict in every area of our lives. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus models this in a life […]
Love Knows How to Stoop – May 11, 2022
“Love knows how to take a basin and a towel, how to stoop and meet the needs of the disciples, how to meet the needs of the world. A person will never be at home in the Christian church until he or she learns how to be at home with a basin and a towel. […]
Recognizing Jesus
Sometimes there are so many interesting details in one Bible story that I don’t know where to look. This third encounter between the resurrected Jesus and the disciples* is one such story: Peter naked in the boat, hurriedly putting his clothes back on before diving into the water; the very specific count of fish. When […]
