Blessed…

For us in the United States, we are approaching the time we set aside to be thankful for all that we have been given, and all we have been blessed with in our lives. November is the time we seem to focus on what it means to be blessed and what God has given usContinue reading “Blessed…”

temple…

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is JesusContinue reading “temple…”

All you got…

In the hearing of all the people he said to the disciples, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets. They devour widows’ houses and forContinue reading “All you got…”

I have a dream…

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor  he told them a parable. ‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sitContinue reading “I have a dream…”

Advice for life…

O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyesContinue reading “Advice for life…”

Body parts…

Today’s lectionary reading continues the passage from 1 Corinthians 12, where Paul tells the Corinthians about the gifts we are given and how we are knit together. No one is any more important than the other. “and those members of the body that we think less honourable we clothe with greater honour, and our lessContinue reading “Body parts…”