Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24. Today as we continue to journey through Genesis we land at the place where God repeats to Jacob a promise made to Abraham. God speaks…
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Song 2:8-13; Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 I don’t know about you, but I often find when I’m reading my Bible that a verse jumps out…
Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 13 It’s a hard one, this story of the sacrifice of Isaac, eh? I know as a reader that this story has been troubling scholars since the…
Genesis 21:8-21; Jeremiah 20:7-13; Romans 6:1b-11; Last month, I hope, you heard the story of Paul preaching to the Athenians at the Areopagus, where he says, “I know you are…
Genesis 18:1-15 Today is a day between days. Today is a bit like an “Easter Saturday” of June. It’s not a “Holy Saturday,” the day between God’s Friday and Resurrection…
Genesis 12:1-9; Psalms 33:1-12; Romans 4:13-25; Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Hello! It’s perhaps an odd way to begin, but it’s kind of an odd setting that the Lectionary has offered us…
Genesis 1:1-2:4a; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; We believe. According to Hebrews 11:1 our faith is the assurance of things hoped for [and] the conviction of things not seen: faith is the…
Numbers 11:23-30; Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:27-30; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. Last week when I was at Pomonal I spoke with them about Ascension as a forgotten festival. Did Julie take you…
So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know…
Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:36-53. Ascension is one of those days in the liturgical calendar that many Uniting Church congregations appear to overlook. It’s there marked on my lectionary;…