And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” So...

Joel 2:28-29. Then afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and daughter will prophesy, your old men shall dream...

Job 4:5-6 (from The Message) But now YOU’RE the one in trouble - you’re hurting! You’ve been hit hard and you’re reeling from the blow....

A great many of my friends and colleagues have given up the use of social media for the season of Lent. I haven’t this year, but have in...

Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a...

Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord...

As long as you have the light, believe in the light so that you might become people whose lives are determined by the light.” After Jesus...

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he...

Joel 2:12-13 Rend Your Heart 12 “Even now,” declares the Lord, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” 13 Rend your heart and not your...

To borrow a phrase from John Dunne, “ask not for whom the clock ticks, it ticks for me.” A number of folks noticed the sound of a ticking...

Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If...

The Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory. Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their...

Proverbs 30:1-9 Common English Bible The words of Agur, Jakeh’s son, from Massa. The man declares: I’m tired, God; I’m tired, God, and...

“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, Lord, do I seek. Psalm 27:8 NRSV He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to...

Proverbs 22:9 “Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.” During this season of Lent many of us have...

Nehemiah 4:4-5 (from The Message) Nehemiah prayed, “Oh listen to us, dear God. We’re so despised: boomerang their ridicule on their...

Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb,...

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Jesus called a child, whom he put...

Hebrews 2:1-4 NRSV Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. For if the...

Psalm 51:1-2,10-11 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my...