I just cannot get over Jesus’ calling this woman forward. Luke notes that Jesus was teaching in the synagogue. There was a woman there who had been sick for eighteen years...

The verses that conclude this chapter come as a warning: God has shaken the earth and will again shake the earth and the heavens. The writer of Hebrews urges the readers...

The writer of Hebrews describes two different journeys that God’s people have undertaken. One journey was from the house of slavery in Egypt to Mount Sinai. The Israelites were overwhelmed by...

We know that as we journey with God, there will be ups and downs, successes and failures. I love this reading because it recognizes the cyclical nature of our relationship with...

God’s words to Jeremiah remind us that we are called to witness to the love of God wherever we go. But what are we to make of this list of acts...

The book of Jeremiah begins with Jeremiah’s reasons why he was unsuited for prophetic ministry. He was just a young man. He felt unwise in the ways of the world and...

We are surrounded by witnesses. The idea here is not of a great Olympic moment with grandstands and spectators but rather a host of individuals who can bear witness to the...

The writer of Hebrews looks all the way back to Abel and then forward to the days just preceding John the Baptist. This whole time was an era of unfulfilled (or...

Transitions can be tricky. Are we under the old or new rules? Do we honor the past or announce the future? For the writer of the book of Hebrews the question...

Earlier in Luke 12, Jesus was speaking to his disciples, but here he is talking to a crowd. These are people who depend on their crops for survival. They study the...