Posts with the category “belonging”

Martha doesn’t get enough credit. Jesus and his traveling disciples show up at her door, and she welcomes them. This was likely a group of at least 70 people. It was a huge undertaking, and Mary sits ...  Read More

For many of us, it’s easier to give help than to receive it. This explains why in the parable of the Good Samaritan, most of us identify with the characters in a position to offer help (the Levite, pr...  Read More

If needing help is shameful to you, then giving help to others will always come with a side of judgement and shame to them....  Read More

Welcome to Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain, lesser known than the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew’s Gospel. There Jesus plays the role of Moses, speaking a new law from the mountain. In Luke, Jesus comes ...  Read More

We will be in Luke’s Gospel for most of this year where Jesus begins his ministry by reading from in the prophet Isaiah. Jesus wants us to know right up front what he is all about. If we were to summa...  Read More

I am writing this in the airport, hoping to get something off to you in time for the newsletter. Our team of six left last week to Costa Rica to meet PC(USA) mission co-workers Mark Hare and Karla Kol...  Read More

You never walk alone....  Read More

God isn't disappointed in you. God is too busy cherishing you....  Read More

Yesterday, I was elected and installed as the Moderator of the Presbytery of Scioto Valley for 2025, and Covenant served as host church. What a blessing! After 8 years of ordained service in this Pres...  Read More

Where we divide, God unites. God has made us one. Sing, pray, & see the humanity in all. ...  Read More