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Free for Advent: Taking Faith Home Spirit & Truth Publishing is offering the Advent weeks of Taking Faith Home free to congregations, schools, and other ministries this year. Click the button and the Advent guides will be added to your … Continue reading
Spirit & Truth Publishing now offers Taking Faith Home (TFH)—a weekly faith-at-home devotional resource for the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL). In a nutshell: TFH is a weekly devotional PDF/bulletin insert you can share with households to help them keep growing … Continue reading
This Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Good Friday, reflect on Jesus as king. Jesus is the king who uses his power and authority to serve others by teaching, healing, dying, and rising again. The Journey to the Cross The … Continue reading
As we celebrate Transfiguration Sunday and observe Ash Wednesday, we are reminded that we are called to listen to Jesus and follow him. Heading towards Jerusalem The end of the season (of/after) Epiphany is here with Transfiguration Sunday followed shortly … Continue reading
As we celebrate Christ the King Sunday, we hear the story of a king who rejects God’s message. How does he compare to his father, King Josiah, and the king of kings, Jesus? Up until Now Advent is nigh! As … Continue reading
From a human perspective, Jesus’ significance runs backward. It is in the light of the empty tomb that we see the meaning of the events of Holy Week. Four Years Ago As I was preparing to write this reflection, I … Continue reading
When most teachers use stories, it’s to help others understand what they are trying to explain. But Jesus states that he uses parables so that people won’t understand. Why? We are now in the season of Epiphany, a time when … Continue reading
God’s expectations for the people of Judah do not match reality. Instead of justice, God sees oppression and injustice. So, God promises to send a king to establish true and lasting justice. Our Sin, God’s Faithfulness Last week, we began … Continue reading
As Jesus triumphally enters Jerusalem, the people identify him as the Son of David, the promised Messiah. But Jesus might not have been the Messiah they expected. With this reading, set for Palm Sunday, we begin the climax of the … Continue reading
Advent is over and Christmas has begun! The end of waiting leads to the beginning of celebration: for Mary and Joseph, the angels and the shepherds. End of Advent, Beginning of Christmas We have been spending a lot of time … Continue reading