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

Beloved, you matter to God more than you will ever know. God's blessing is upon you because you belong to God, and so does everyone else....  Read More

“Don’t be afraid” is a command repeated more than 100 times in the Bible. Why do you think the Bible repeats this command so often? It’s because we are a fearful people. What is at the heart of fear ...  Read More

God's love is sufficient, & always near. Leave your shame, your scarcity, and your fear behind, & let's get to work....  Read More

In his first sermon in his hometown of Nazareth, Jesus recounts how Israel’s prophets had blessed Gentiles while Israelites were in need. Hearing this, the crowd turns on him and tries to kill him. Th...  Read More

Jesus draws out all our rage, our hatred of mercy, so that we might be healed....  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

God is calling you to live for the liberation of ALL people....  Read More

I’ve been back from Costa Rica for a week now. The first picture is sunrise as we departed Costa Rica early Tuesday morning. The second I took as our plane was descending to Columbus at sunset. One jo...  Read More

What signs do we look for today?...  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

Each of us is a belovedmchildmof God....  Read More