Scripture: Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Thought for the Day: Today, I grieve the death of a great man, scholar and Christian. Marcus
Scripture: Psalm 16:11 You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Thought for the Day: On this day in 1535, the French government responded to the Affair of the Placards. French Protestants put posters attacking the Catholic belief that Christ was physically present in the eucharist. There had been a somewhat cordial relationship between
Scripture: Mark 7:32-36 They brought to Jesus a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And
Scripture: 2nd Samuel 14:14 We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up. But God will not take away a life; he will devise plans so as not to keep an outcast banished forever from his presence. Thought for the Day: Brian McLaren writes in his book, The Secret Message of Jesus, “Martin Luther King, Jr. learned what happens when
Scripture: Hebrews 13:1-3 Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. Thought for the Day: Most people know the first half of this passage where we hear
Scripture: Mark 1:16-17 As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” Thought for the Day: I always liked Steven Wrights’s deadpan humor. With his slow and dry delivery, he said, “There is a fine line between fishing
Scripture: Mark 1:14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God… Thought for the Day: Those who proclaimed the arrival of God’s Kingdom did not find the message well received by the gatekeepers of change. You know the people I’m talking about – the administrators of maintenance, the enforcers of conformity. Both John and Jesus were not simply street corner preachers
Scripture: Acts 8:36 As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said Philip, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?” Thought for the Day: Nothing! There should be no other answer when someone echoes the query posed by the Ethiopian Eunuch. Baptism is an amazing and joy-filled experience, but at the end of the day, it
Scripture: Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Thought for the Day: I read a lot of pithy little sayings, but occasionally one will speak to me. Recently, I came across a Chinese Proverb that spoke to my heart. It read, “You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your
Scripture: Isaiah 56:5-7 I will give, in my house and within my walls, a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the sabbath, and do