Backed Into “The Great Middle”
Proper 14: Old Testament, Job 38:4-18 Job 38:4-18 Have you ever been humbled? I mean really, truly humbled? To the point where you have no option but to simply close...
Never Just Enough
Proper 13: Gospel, Matthew 14:13-21 Matthew 14:13-21 God’s invitation to life and our participation in it always lead to an evident conclusion. When God makes an...
Pain Caused By The No
Proper 13: Epistle, Romans 9:1-5 Romans 9:1-5 Just a brief comment here from Romans chapter nine. Following on the heels of the beautiful invitations we...
By Invitation Only
Proper 13: Old Testament, Isaiah 55:1-5 Isaiah 55:1-5 An amazing chapter of Isaiah following closely on the heels of at least two other amazing chapters. I have pointed out in other devotions...
Things Beyond Now
Proper 12: Gospel, Matthew 13:44-52 Matthew 13:44-52 Matthew chapter 13-the parable chapter-at least that’s how I have always thought of it. Jesus the master storyteller...
For Whom?
Proper 12: Epistle, Romans 8:28-39 Romans 8:28-39 My focus today is the one verse in this reading that Christian disciples run to again and again. And it is...
Sticky Love
Proper 12: Old Testament, Deuteronomy 7:6-9 Deuteronomy 7:6-9 Deuteronomy chapter seven, although a statement of the calling of Israel, has a great deal to speak to all humanity. As so...
Good Seed
Proper 11: Gospel, Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Another parable from the thirteenth of Matthew. Jesus uses parables both to hide and to make aware. And God’s purposes...
Emphasis
Proper 11: Epistle, Romans 8:17-27 Romans 8:17-27 As I read through the epistle for the week I had one of those thoughts, “Have I never read this before?&rdquo...
Knowing God
Proper 11: Old Testament, Isaiah 44:6-8 Isaiah 44:6-8 The title above begs a question. Or it should. Before we even ask the question, “Can anyone know God?,” we need...
