John 20:19-31 There is much to fear in the world we live in.  It was this same fear that drove the disciples behind locked doors, even after the women told them Jesus was alive.  Then Jesus came, and with him came peace… joy!  He invited them to leave fear and doubt and invited them to […]

Matthew 28:1-10 Night and Day.  It’s amazing how much of a difference could happen between Saturday night, and Easter Sunday morning.  The dark of hopes shattered, evil victorious overcome and conquered by the light of that morning, of Jesus’ resurrection.  He is the light of the world and darkness could not overcome him!  He is […]

Matthew 21:1-11 Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday.  We hear them all the time.  Perhaps we identify with ones who praise Jesus, but do we understand the reality that we have been and are the ones who also shout ‘Crucify him’?  We look today at this critical understanding of why Jesus died and our part […]

John 11:1-45 Jesus’ timing could not have been worse.  Lazarus had already died.  Did he know? Did he care?  But as everyone found out, God’s timing was perfect and his answer to prayer was more than they could have imagined!

John 9:1-41 Seeing and blind.  It seems so cut and dried.  Either you can see or you can’t. And you certainly know if you can or can not see.  But in this story Jesus shows not only his power to make a blind man see, but also shows the truth that many people with eyesight […]

John 4:4-30 We can be thirsty for so many things.  Physical thirst is a great metaphor for much of our lives.  But we thirst most of all for the ability to be honest, especially about our failures.  Jesus meets a woman who was thirsty, but for water only he could give.  She found it as […]

John 3:1-17 New life, new birth.  We look forward to it for babies, we look forward to it in a new school-year, new job, or new home.  But more than anything we were created for a new life with Jesus.  He helps us see the real world around us.  This is what we were born […]

Ashes to Fire Matthew 4:1-11 We begin this season of lent, 40 days of preparation remembering another 40 days of preparation from scripture, the temptation of Jesus.  In it we find the same temptations that are common to us, and how Jesus trusted his father to face temptation without sin.

Psalm 103 God is good!  He can be praised!  Why?  Because of all he has done, in the lives of people throughout scripture, in the lives of people throughout history, and in our lives, as we have begun a conversation with him through Jesus.

Psalm 69 There always are and will always be circumstances in life that make us feel desperate.  These reveal in our actions and emotions who we are, as humbling as it is.  But in this conversation of David God meets him in desperation, and provides joy!