Scripture: Luke 3:23aNow Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry… Thought for the Day: How many of you had something important happen in your life between the ages of 12 – 30? There are some stories of Jesus as a young person in the apocryphal Gospels, including the Infancy Gospel of Thomas written in the second century after Jesus, but material is scant
Prayer for the Day: May both the Living Word and Living Water be for me my hope, my healing and my dream of the possible. O God of yesterday, today and all the tomorrows, I give you thanks for the Living Word that springs forth from scripture, from the community of faith and from the companionship of your Spirit. Too often I have fought change; pushed back any
Scripture: Luke 3:18-20 With many other words John appealed to them, proclaiming good news to the people. But Herod the ruler had been criticized harshly by John because of Herodias, Herod’s brother’s wife, and because of all the evil he had done. He added this to the list of his evil deeds: he locked John up in prison. Thought for the Day: Let’s be honest with one another
Scripture: Luke 3:15-16 The people were filled with expectation, and everyone wondered whether John might be the Christ. John replied to them all, “I baptize you with water, but the one who is more powerful than me is coming. I’m not worthy to loosen the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Thought for the Day: How many people would have
Scripture: Luke 3:10-14 The crowds asked John, “What then should we do?” He answered, “Whoever has two shirts must share with the one who has none, and whoever has food must do the same.” Even tax collectors came to be baptized. They said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” He replied, “Collect no more than you are authorized to collect.” Soldiers asked, “What about us? What should
Scripture: Luke 3:7-8 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Thought for the Day:
Scripture: Luke 3:4-6 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways, and all flesh shall see
Scripture: Luke 3:1-3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. And he went into
Prayer for the Week: As we return to some semblance of normalcy in these post-Christmas days, we pray for you to be a part of what we are doing. O Lord of Mercy, you desire to be more than a side show in our daily routines; you aspire to be woven into the fabric of our daily existence; you long for us to know you in such a
Scripture: Matthew 2:12 Because the Magi were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by another route. Thought for the Day: Call me a cynic, but I believe there are some dreams that are only understood in light of the spicy food from the night before. Not every dream or crazy thought that comes into our brain is a