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Letters are powerful tools –they can heal like a scalpel or destroy like a sledgehammer. Philippians 1:21-30 September 24, 2023 Dr. Todd...

Certain things are hard for us to forgive – power abused, trust betrayed, words used to cut or batter, cruel acts, cold-hearted neglect....

You’ve probably heard the phrase from the end of this passage – “wherever 2 or 3 are gathered …” – usually to indicate that even small...

Paul is evoking, for his listeners, the press of the crowds and the smell of green grass; he is alluding to Jesus’ statements about...

The truth is: we don’t keep the laws of Deuteronomy much anymore. We don’t care whether a person cannot reproduce, and we do not check...

So when they see him walking across the water during another storm, Peter tries to confirm what he thinks he sees. Is this the same one...

That’s the thing about scripture tales that we turn into pageants like this one – it can seem like a fairytale – like something Disney...

There was no indication that the baby Mary would bear would be anything other than fully healthy. That was not the issue. But the...

What God was doing transformed them from appropriately cautious to daringly bold! I think Luke is asking his audience, “Could you be...

It is easy to miss Luke’s emphasis when we light Advent candles; clothe our children in bathrobes and paper crowns so they can retell the...

In a culture that gives celebrity status to patriarchs and warrior kings like David, God looks for a suitable collaborator in the ongoing...

It is hard during December when those candles are drowned out by all the Christmas tree lights; when the stories seem to be from a long...

For two thousand years Christians have been reading this story about the twelve being sent out with Jesus’ authority to preach and heal...

As the gospel says, Jesus was walking along, saw Matthew sitting in his tax booth, and said, “Follow me.” It seems so random – as if...

But we also witness to the fact that waiting is part of faithfulness. We worship a God who acts in God’s own time. Not on our timetable....

But we also witness to the fact that waiting is part of faithfulness. We worship a God who acts in God’s own time. Not on our timetable....

On our better days, sin can seem like someone else’s problem, an antiquated construct, a dark myth. But from the shadows, Peter lifts up...

Other may see them as debris or rubble, but God will use them, collectively, to build a house – a place of welcome, of warmth; a place...

... as John tells the story, Jesus tries to salvage the conversation by immediately telling a parable about sheep and gates, about...

I wonder what the woman painted by Velázquez, and given voice by Levertov, had hoped Luke 24:13-35 April 23, 2023 Dr. Todd R. Wright ...