Scripture: Galatians 6:16-18 As for those who will follow this rule—peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen. Thought for the Day: Have you ever had a
Scripture: Ephesians 4:31-32 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Thought for the Day: Maybe I’ve just been in the wrong places at the wrong time lately, but there appears to be a growing wave of unpleasant and hostile attitudes
Scripture: Colossians 1:15 (the Message) We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. Thought for the Day: After our Pentecost Services on Sunday, I had someone make a casual comment about my sermon that was also very insightful. He said, “We believe that we can know who God is because
Scripture: Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Thought for the Day: The large crowd had just experienced Pentecost’s spiritual explosion, and the reaction to all they had seen and heard was to look at Peter and the other Apostles and ask, “Brothers, what should we do?” I
Scripture: Acts 2:1-3 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. Thought for the Day: One of my favorite theologians
Scripture: Genesis 11:7-9 [The Lord said,] “Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord
Scripture: Proverbs 18:12 (the Message) Pride first, then the crash, but humility is precursor to honor. Thought for the Day: Gary Zukav has always been an interesting figure to me. His life story is fascinating, and his take on spiritual matters should be a part of the broader conversations of faith, spirituality and what it means to be human. Zukav wrote: An authentically empowered person is humble. This
Scripture: Mark 1:40-41 A leper came to Jesus begging him, and kneeling he said to him, “If you choose, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I do choose. Be made clean!” Thought for the Day: I was asked the question, “What does the Kingdom of God look like?” My first reaction was to speak
Scripture: Acts 18:22-23 When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. Thought for the Day: Malcolm Muggeridge worked for the BBC when he was asked to take a film crew
Scripture: Revelation 21:2-4 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from