ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 28, 2021Scripture: Luke 4:38-39After leaving the synagogue Jesus entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus about her. Then he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them. Thought for the Day: Please note that Peter (Simon) had a mother-in-law which I’m pretty sure means he
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 27, 2021Scripture: Luke 6:1-2One Sabbath, as Jesus was going through the wheat fields, his disciples were picking the heads of wheat, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you breaking the Sabbath law?” Thought for the Day: The last thing Jesus ever intended to do was to create a new religion. Now that I’ve made that statement, I cannot prove
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 26, 2021Scripture: Luke 5:27-32Afterward, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Levi got up, left everything behind, and followed him. Then Levi threw a great banquet for Jesus in his home. A large number of tax collectors and others sat down to eat with them. The Pharisees and their legal
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 25, 2021Scripture: Luke 5:12-13Jesus was in one of the towns where there was also a man covered with a skin disease. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged, “Lord, if you want, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do want to. Be clean.” Instantly, the skin disease left him. Thought for the Day:
A PENTECOST PRAYERECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 24, 2021Prayer for the Week: O Breath of Life, O Spirit of Grace, we seek your holy presence that is forever with us and for us. Assist our awareness so we are better able to recognize you, your counsel and your guidance. In you, there is a power to change lives, to change systems and structures. Where there is unhealthiness and unwholeness, fill us
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 23, 2021Scripture: Acts 2:7-8They were surprised and amazed, saying, “Look, aren’t all the people who are speaking Galileans, every one of them? How then can each of us hear them speaking in our native language?” Thought for the Day: Something happened in that moment as people from every culture and nation and background found common ground, a sacred space where all divisions disappeared. I’ve often said
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 22, 2021Scripture: Acts 2:4aThey were all filled with the Holy Spirit… Thought for the Day: Are you sure it wasn’t just the good ones? Or maybe those who could recite the correct doctrine? Or possibly those who had been born to the right family? It surely was not “all” of them, was it? It is the Holy Spirit, and you would think the Holy Spirit would
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 21, 2021Scripture: Acts 2:2-3Suddenly a sound from heaven like the howling of a fierce wind filled the entire house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be individual flames of fire alighting on each one of them. Thought for the Day: Those familiar with the creation account in Genesis 1 will recognize the importance of wind when something new is emerging. This wind/spirit is
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGMay 20, 2021Scripture: Acts 2:1When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one place. Thought for the Day: The name Pentecost is really associated with a Christian holiday, the day the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples and gave birth to the church. At the same time, the Jewish religion (of which the disciples still belonged) was celebrating the Feast of Weeks. It came 50 days
AUDIO ETCHINGMay 19, 2021 CLICK HERETo Listen -or- Read Below Scripture: Ephesians 1:18-19I pray that the eyes of your heart will have enough light to see what is the hope of God’s call, what is the richness of God’s glorious inheritance among believers, and what is the overwhelming greatness of God’s power that is working among us believers. This power is conferred by the energy of God’s powerful