Casting Lots for God’s Will?
How do we discern what God wants us to do? Can we simply roll the dice, flip a coin, or cast lots? Apparently, we can. At least the disciples did in Acts 1. Explore this text with me.
Can We Call God Mother?
Is it right to refer to God as Mother? This Sunday is Mother’s Day, so worship planners and preachers are faced with all kinds of opportunities and decisions about how to address motherhood in worship. What will you do this week? Will you embrace God as mother?
What’s Love Got to Do with It? The Most Excellent Way from 1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians is a letter written by the apostle Paul to a contentious people. He spends much of the letter correcting their negative and destructive behavior. Yet, here in 1 Corinthians 13, nestled in the middle of the constant correctives to chaotic Corinthians comes a beautiful gem that radiates the deep truth of God’s Kingdom. Paul tells us about love: the most excellent way.
Peter and Cornelius, The Vine, and The Most Excellent Way | Visual Lectionary for May 5, 2024
This post offers visual resources for Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10, The Vine in John 15, and The Most Excellent Way of Love in 1 Corinthians 13.
Philip, the Eunuch, the Vine, and the Foolishness of the Cross | Lectionary Resources for April 28, 2024
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for April 28, 2024.
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch.
The Vine and the Branches.
The Foolishness of the Cross in 1 Corinthians.
Good stuff.