I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.” – Romans 1:11-12 (NRSV) MARY LUTI | Half the time we don’t even know we’re doing it....
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in their yield; but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of complete rest for the land, a sabbath for the Lord. – Leviticus 25:3-4 (NRSV) RACHEL HACKENBERG | Eight...
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing to the glory that is to be revealed in us. – Romans 8:18 (NRSV) DONNA SCHAPER | Many people have committed to the long haul of ending racism. We know it is a slog. We also know it is God’s...
“While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion. His father ran to him, hugged him, and kissed him.” – Luke 15:20 (CEB) VICKI KEMPER | Many of us talk about repentance during Lent. Some of us talk about it a lot. We speak of Lent...
The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are . . .” But Moses implored the LORD his God . . . And the LORD changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people. – Exodus 32:9-14 excerpts (NRSV) LIZ MILLER | As a...
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The Virgin’s name was Mary. – Luke 1:26-27 (NRSV) VINCE AMLIN | Maybe you, like me, are surprised to...
