“SOMETIMES we sit at his feet. SOMETIMES we again invite him into our home, an intimate setting, a place and time to share.”
Tag: Luke 10
Don’t Make It Complicated
“Those 72, they never knew about going and sharing the kingdom of God. All they knew was staying put, remaining domesticated, serving their families, harvesting their fields, BUT JESUS CAME TO THEM.”
Grown Accustomed
Haggai 1: 3-6, 12 Maybe you’ve grown accustomed to how things are right now. You’ve come to grips on how life is, and you dare not hope for anything better. Maybe any effort to change things might throw your circumstances into chaos. Maybe you are content, grown accustomed to your life. I wrote in my…
Welcome Him In
Luke 10: 38-42 As I mentioned last week, to me, all of Luke chapter 10 prompts us, its readers, and hearers, to consider who we are and who we long to be as followers and disciples of Jesus. This story of Mary and Martha puts a simple cap on this consideration. Four friends went deer…
Who We Long to Be
Luke 10:25-37 Since I’ve been here, I’ve shared with you two scriptures that exemplify the simplicity of our faith. From Psalm 102 in The Message paraphrase we heard, “God heard the groans of the doomed and opened their death cells.” Today, we heard from Luke 10 to be merciful to the ones who need mercy….
There’s An Election This Week
There is an election this week, by the way. A surgeon, an engineer and a politician were debating which of their professions was the oldest. “Eve was made from Adam’s rib,” said the surgeon, “and that, of course, was a surgical procedure.” “Yes,” countered the engineer. “but before that, order was created out of chaos–and…