"This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" Luke 9:35 Here is a thought experiment for you: If you had to choose just three stories from the gospels to tell someone about Jesus, and you couldn't use the stories of his death and resurrection, what would they be? And why? I asked myself that…
Jesus said: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you; bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you. Luke 6:27 There are a lot of great and important passages in the Bible about love, including the one found right at the beginning of today’s gospel reading: “But I say to you…
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. Jeremiah 17:7-8 The prophet Jeremiah presents us today (Jeremiah 17:5-10) with such a simple choice: Do we want to be like a tree planted by water, or like…
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