"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much." - Luke 16:10When facing enormous challenges like cl...  Read More

"For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another." - Romans 12:4-5We liv...  Read More

Matthew 15:8-10 (NRSV, The Message)"Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost."Luke 15:10 (NRSV)Have you ever lost something seemingly insignificant that sent you searching franticall...  Read More

Matthew 18:21-35 (NRSV, The Message)Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the churchg sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “N...  Read More

Ephesians 4:25-27 (NRSV, The Message)"Be angry..."Ephesians 4:25Anger is neither good nor bad—it’s energy. Left unchecked, it can destroy, but held with care, it can heal. Ephesians acknowledges that ...  Read More

Psalm 137 (NRSV, The Message)By the rivers of Babylon—there we sat down and there we weptwhen we remembered Zion...Happy shall they be who take your little onesand dash them against the rock!Psalm 137...  Read More

Psalm 23 (NRSV, The Message)You serve me a six-course dinner, right in front of my enemies.Psalm 23 (The Message)This week and next we're talking about enemies, taking pages from Melissa Florer-Bixler...  Read More

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