John 15:9-17; 1 John 5:1-6 - God calls us to find joy in each other. In fact, that is the only way to complete our joy.

1 John 4:7-21 - Allowing empathy to change our hearts and spur us to love each other better.

John 10:11-18; Psalm 23 - Finding our home in the church and welcoming others to make it their home as well.

1 John 3:1-7 - We continue to grow in love day after day, helped by a community that can see us for who we are.

Mark 16:1-11 - Mark invites us to finish the story of Easter.

Mark 15:1-47 - Palm Sunday invites us into the experience of Holy Week to order our lives to love one another.

John 12:20-33 - How is God inviting you to plant your seed?

Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-21 - we tend to hide our mistakes, but God invites us to forgiveness and amendment of life if we will just bring our mistakes into the open.

Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 - Our spiritual practices help us create muscle memory for loving our neighbors.

Mark 8:31-38; Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Romans 4:13-25 - The path to the cross isn't littered with suffering. It is a life of love that puts us in the way of hate.