Pentecost 2026 | The Babbling of Drunken Fools
We celebrate Pentecost this week. Explore this familiar story with me. Half the crowd thought the disciples were drunk. How often does the Gospel of Jesus seem like foolishness to the world systems?
Jesus Ascends, We Carry On
We recognize the ascension of Jesus this week. Let’s see how this story is the hinge between the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts.
Don’t Let Your Hearts Be Troubled!?! Seriously, Jesus?
Do not let your hearts be troubled. That’s what Jesus said to his disciples on the night that he was betrayed and arrested. How could he say that? Their world was about to be torn apart. The readings this week are troubling. The first reading tells the story of Stephen being unjustly accused, dragged outside the city and beaten to death with rocks. Peter is writing to a group of people who were being severely persecuted. The Psalmist cries out to God in a time of trial.
From Saul to Paul and Silas | A Visual Tour of Acts 9-16
In this video I will guide you through the stories of Acts 9-16 using my visual, interactive map of Acts.
The Conversion of Saul | A Reading of Acts 9:1-19
This is a reading of Acts 9:1-19 from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) using the images from A Cartoonist’s Guide to Acts.
Feel free to use it in your worship service or classroom.
Saul was headed to Damascus to arrest the followers of Jesus. He encounters the risen Christ and is forever changed. Saul does not experience true healing until he receives the touch of Ananias along with his forgiveness and acceptance. Saul, who would later be called Paul, understood the grace of Jesus Christ in a palpable way.
A Visual Meditation on 1 Peter 1:22-23
Here is my translation of 1 Peter 1:22-23. Having been purified in the obedience of the truth for unhypocritical sibling love (philadelphia), from a clean heart love (agape) one another intensely, having been born anew, not by perishable seed, but by the imperishable,...
Christ is Risen! Alleluia!
Christ is Risen! Alleuia! Happy Easter everyone. My prayer for you this Easter season is that you will find new life and new hope to follow Jesus in the Commonwealth of the Heavens. The resurrection of Jesus is God’s resounding “YES!” to new life and...
Good Friday 2026
It is Good Friday. This is the day that Jesus was executed on a Roman cross. People have been trying to make sense out of this event since the moment it happened. Why did this popular teacher willingly walk into Jerusalem and allow himself to be arrested, mocked,...
