Matthew 5:13-16 (NRSV,  The Message)You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.Matthew 5:14 (NRSV)In a world that often values physical strength and power, there exists a dif...  Read More

Romans 12:1-2 (NRSV, The Message)So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before G...  Read More

Romans 12:1-2 (NRSV, The Message)So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before G...  Read More

Read Mark 11:20-25 (NRSV, The Message)Jesus was matter-of-fact: “Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, ‘Go jump in the ...  Read More

Read Ephesians 4:25-32 (NRSV, The Message)Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up,b as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.Ephe...  Read More

Read Psalm 19 (NRSV, The Message)These are the words in my mouth;these are what I chew on and pray.Accept them when I place themon the morning altar,Oh God my Altar Rock...-Psalm 19:14 (The Message)Co...  Read More

Read Habakkuk 2:1-3 (NRSV, The Message)Write what you see.Write it out in big block lettersso that it can be read on the run.This vision-message is a witnesspointing to what’s coming.It aches for the ...  Read More

Read Psalm 139:1-14  (NRSV, The Message)O Lord, you have searched me and known me...I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:1,14The conversations we have with ourselves might ...  Read More

Read Luke 6:43-45 (NRSV, The Message)You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree, nor good apples off a diseased tree. The health of the apple tells the health of the tree. You must begin with your ...  Read More

Read Luke 6:43-45 (NRSV, The Message)...for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.Luke 6:45Have you ever noticed how your words reveal what's truly in your heart? Jesus taught ...  Read More

Read Luke 6:43-45 (NRSV, The Message)...for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.Luke 6:45Have you ever noticed how your words reveal what's truly in your heart? Jesus taught ...  Read More

Read Psalm 13 (NRSV, The Message)How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?How long will you hide your face from me?How long must I bear pain in my soul,and have sorrow in my heart all day long?How...  Read More