15 Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ 16 Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned…
Our extravagant Father elicits extravagant praise. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. John 12:3 Last week our Gospel reading told us of a father who…
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them”. Luke 15:1-2 Jesus responded to their grumbling by telling three parables: the frantic shepherd looking for his lost…
‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Luke 13:32 The first Dimension of this short passage of Scripture is that Jesus had set his face to Jerusalem. In other…
‘Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? Luke 13:2 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 No, I…
‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt… The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm… Deuteronomy 26: 5, 8 ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ Romans 10:13 ‘If you are the Son of…
Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Luke 9:28-29 Right back on the…
“The Work of Christmas” by Howard Thurman When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins: to find the lost, to heal the…
I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Isaiah 6:1 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ‘Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!’ Luke 5:8 Jesus appeared…
Psalm 19 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul: the command of the Lord is true, and makes wise the simple. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold: sweeter also than honey, than the honey that drips from the comb. There…
