Matthew 11:1-19 by Patrick Lines “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out...

Matthew 10:1-23 by Mike Bowling Commissioning is authorization. Authorization is permission by a ruler to exercise authority. Jesus’...

Matthew 9:18-38 by Katy Lines How often do you see goodness in the daily news? These days, I don’t hear or read much good news in our...

Matthew 9:9-17 by Todd Burleson You’ve heard it said: “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away...

Matthew 8:18-34 by Mike Bowling The proclamation of God’s kingdom has begun; an outline of the Kingdom’s nature has been revealed, and a...

Matthew 8:1-17 by Katy Lines If you’ve got your trail map handy (Matt 8:1-17), take a look at where Jesus leads us this week… the edges,...

Matthew 7:1-12 by Katy Lines Okay, don’t judge me, but I’ve put off writing this trail guide until the last possible minute this week. So...

Matthew 6:16-24 by Mike Bowling What do you desire? Whatever it is, your desires determine in large measure what you become. This is true...

Matthew 6:1-8 by Katy Lines There’s something I am drawn to about walking into a theatre, finding your seat, and snapping a photo of the...

by Mike Bowling Matthew 5:21-48 Mount Brandon (named for 6th century saint, Brenden the Navigator, who reportedly sailed from Ireland to...

by Katy Lines Matthew 5:21-26 Walking on the Jesus way, sitting on the hillside path, Jesus adds some graffiti to well-known signposts....

by Mike Bowling Matthew 5:13-20 Following Jesus’s baptism, his trial in the wilderness, his expression of his primary theme-- “repent,...

by Mike Bowling Matthew 4:1-11 Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds us that the temptation of Jesus in Matthew’s gospel should be read in concert...

We talk often about being a people who follow the way of Jesus. Personally, I find that phrase “followers of the way of Jesus” to be a...

The church is a witness to the world of the richness of God’s kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. What does that have to do with my...

Mark 4:26-34 What’s unseen but potentially everywhere? It’s so small that it’s hidden, but can spread rapidly and with great impact,...

The Church begins with the Yes of the Virgin of Nazareth —Hans von Balthasar (1905-1988) I’ve spent a good part of this Advent season...

EXODUS 32:1-14 What do you do when the only world you’ve ever known has been torn out from under you? When the world as you’ve known it...

Exodus 12:1-14 I remember well the days my two boys were born, one in September and the other in May, four years apart. When they were...

What do birds & racism have in common? [note: this post was originally written June 17, 2020, though only published now] I enjoy...