Wednesday, March 25. Matthew 25:14-30. Today’s parable is one of those stories that can be interpreted in two radically different ways. Your interpretation depends upon one key factor. Who does the master represent in the story? Option A: The Master Represents...
Tuesday, March 24. Matthew 24:29-51. I need to make two confessions this morning. First, I posted the wrong the reading yesterday. We read Psalm 43 two Mondays in a row. Did anyone notice? Did anyone care? The second confession is that today’s passage is a very...
I designed the Deep in the Burbs project around three phases. The first phase would consist of six large group meetings. The group would meet for two hours on six consecutive Monday evenings, starting on February 24, 2014 and ending on March 24, 2014. The second phase...
Monday, March 23. Psalm 43:1-5. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by all the bad news in the world? It seems that you can’t turn on the news and hear about people who want to hurt other people because of religious and/or political beliefs. There is violence and...
Using Participatory Action Research The DITB research question emerged because I had an experience that led to a hunch. My experience of the social Trinity had a profound impact on how I approached spiritual formation. I had a hunch that other people might have a...
Friday, March 20. Matthew 23:37-39. There is nothing that breaks a parent’s heart more than watching a child suffer the natural consequences of poor choices. We can teach the child, model good habits for her, warn him, but, in the end, the child makes his own...
Thursday, March 19. Matthew 23:1-36. There is one thing that Jesus can’t stand. It is people who say they are religious but have no love, mercy, or justice in their hearts. This is a harsh passage. Pay careful attention to the attitudes that Jesus describes....
Wednesday, March 18. Matthew 22:34-46. Today’s reading reminds us of three important things regarding Jesus and his teaching. Jesus was Jewish. He was not trying to start a new religion. When the Pharisees tried to trap him by asking him which is the greatest...
