I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit. Ephesians 3:16 “What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words!,” Mark Twain wrote. “His real life is led in his head,…
For [Christ] is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. Ephesians 2:14 Last week, I began a sermon series on Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians: "For the Praise of God's Glory." I looked at the beginning of this…
So that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:12 Today I am beginning a new sermon series on Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, which is going to be featured in the second reading of our lectionary for the next six weeks.…
On the Sabbath [Jesus] began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. Mark 6:2 Our gospel reading today (Mark 6:1-13) begins on the Sabbath, and begins with Jesus doing what he always did on the Sabbath: Worshiping God. Which is why we are here, after all. Today, we are doing…
Introduction In May of 2019 I read a book that set me on a five-year quest, a very challenging but deeply fulfilling adventure that has resulted in this long-anticipated post. The book that I read was Eugene Peterson's “Take and Read: Spiritual Reading: An Annotated List.” And in this book, Peterson made a suggestion that…
My Pastoral Ponderings 