Apr 18, 2016 | A Monday Devotional
(Easter 5, 4/24) Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Rev. 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 “The Spirit told me to go with them and not to make a distinction between them and us.” (Acts 11:12) I think we’re hard-wired for belonging. Even those of us who are dyed-in-the-wool...
Apr 11, 2016 | A Monday Devotional
(Easter 4c, 4/17) Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 “Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha…” (Acts 9:36a) My Grandma was a quilter. In their retirement years, my grandparents moved to the Ozark woods, and...
Apr 4, 2016 | A Monday Devotional
(Easter 3c, April 10, 2016) Acts 9:1-6 Psalm 30 Rev. 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 “Who are you, Lord?” (Acts 9:5) There’s always a danger in reading “between the lines,” and especially when we read between the lines of the Bible; there is simply...
Mar 28, 2016 | A Monday Devotional
Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 Rev. 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 “… you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching…” (Acts 5:28b) For those who have witnessed the resurrection, the story demands to be told. It calls out on the street corners. It falls like...
Mar 21, 2016 | A Monday Devotional
Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2 14-24 1 Cor. 15:19-26 John 20:1-18 “We are witnesses to all that he did…” (Acts 10:39) As pastors and preachers prepare for the coming Easter Sunday, most of them will (rightfully!) spend their time in the garden, at the...
Mar 14, 2016 | A Monday Devotional
Lent leads us into both reflection and expectation. Even as we honor our histories and our ancestries, with all their gifts and their griefs, we anticipate the ways that resurrection can recreate them–and us. The God who inspired “something old” is...
