But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand. – Psalm 31:14-15a (NRSV) TALITHA ARNOLD | Jesus would have known Psalm 31 from his childhood. As a teenager or young adult, he might have been asked to read it in his synagogue. The...
May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you . . . May God give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed . . . May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God....
“How often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.” – Matthew 18:21-22 (NRSV) KAJI DOUŠA | We often talk about Jesus’ mandate to forgive. But we rarely talk about when. Might it be possible...
And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. – Hebrews 10:24-25 (NRSV) MARTHA SPONG | In college, I...
We are fools for the sake of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 4:10a (NRSV) MOLLY BASKETTE | The YA fiction writer John Green redeemed nerdiness for us all. He said that a nerd is simply someone who gets excited about things. I wish I’d known that 30 years ago. I was a huge...
