by admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Lenten Devotional
Luke 4:38-39, Peter’s Mother-in-Law Rebuke — kind of a funny word, don’t you think? I don’t use it all that often; seems old fashion. For me, it is in the same category as the word ‘smite’. Is the past tense of smite – smote? We definitely don’t say that on a...
by admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Lenten Devotional
John 1:43-51, Nathanael Borrowed Prejudice – taking someone else’s prejudice and repeating it as our own without ever verifying its validity. I wonder how many times we do this without realizing it? When Nathanael speaks about Nazareth, I bet he hadn’t even been...
by admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Lenten Devotional
John 1:35-42, Andrew In Matthew, Mark and Luke’s gospels, we find Andrew with his brother Peter fishing in the Sea of Galilee. Jesus walks by and says those famous words, “Follow me!” Both brothers respond to the Jesus’ call but for some reason Peter is always...
by admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Lenten Devotional
Matthew 3:1-17, John the Baptist Drastic changes. I don’t know about you but I have never been one for drastic changes. They never seem to be sustainable and people respond to our drastic changes with drastic measures of their own. It also seems that drastic changes...
by admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Lenten Devotional
Luke 2:40 – 52, Temple Teachers So many thoughts and so many ways to deal with this passage, that I cannot decide and I am running late for church. My spirit goes between: 1. Time flies. Now we are here with Jesus when he is 12 years old when he was just 8 days old in...
by admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Lenten Devotional
Luke 2: 22-38: Anna & Simeon Does anyone else think it’s strange that we never hear anything about Mary or Joseph’s parents or family members? I mean someone in Mary’s family had to arrange her betrothal to Joseph, right? We have legends about Mary’s mother, St...
