Epiphany 1 The Baptism of Jesus
Mark 1:4-11 EHV John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem…
The Triune God’s Bookends, (June 7th)
Read Genesis 1:1-2:3 For today, Trinity Sunday. On Mount Sinai at the giving of the Ten Commandments, of the Sabbath Day Moses' recorded God's command as " for in six days…
Listening in on God’s Conversation, (for Sunday May 24th)
For today's Easter 7 Sunday, read John 17:1-11a. The Old Testament reading is from 1 Samuel 1:21-28, the account of Hannah bringing the young Samuel to serve permanently at the…
Staying within the Lord of Love, (for Sunday May 17th)
For today read John 14:15-21. The epistle reading for today from 1 John 3:11-18 is what really makes the connection between our Old Testament reading about Cain and Abel and…
The Invisible One Is Still Here.
Read John 14:1-12. This is the gospel for Easter 5 both in Christian Worship and in the Christian Worship Supplement. You can also read 1 Kings 18:16-45 which is the…
A Sheep that has heard His Voice
Read John 10:1-10 This is the gospel reading for Good Shepherd Sunday, Easter 4. "You're meant to get it, to see it, to understand it." What I'm touching on here…
All Cleaned Up
Read Acts 10 The reading for today, the 2nd Sunday of Easter in Acts 10 is truncated to Acts 10:34a, 36, and 39-43. The comments below draw from the whole…
Pieces of this Easter’s Puzzle.
Read Jonah 1:17-2:10 It couldn't have been comfortable to be in the fish. And no level of isolation felt by stay-at-home directives could parallel to a point of understanding the…
Letter from 4-9
Dear members of Grace and Zion, God's blessings to you this Holy Week! I'm getting this letter out this week especially to those of you for whom I have not…