What’s the Point? | A Devo on Matthew 19:16-22

Children have a way of keeping us humble. When my son was twelve he served me well in that way. I was preaching to our small gathering of collective house churches one morning. We had just returned from a family vacation in which we had experienced, what I thought,...
Mirror, Mirror | A Reflection on 2 Samuel 12:1-9

Mirror, Mirror | A Reflection on 2 Samuel 12:1-9

“Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” When the Queen spoke those words in the tale of Snow White, I don’t think she was really asking a question. Did she really want to know the truth, or did she want the mirror to tell...
Choose Life

Choose Life

This image goes out to all my Catechism students who remember shouting back and forth across the Fellowship Hall, “Life!” “Death!” “Life!” “Death!”
God Doesn’t Use a Refrigerator

God Doesn’t Use a Refrigerator

The reading for today is from Exodus 16:1-21. The people of Israel have been rescued from slavery in Egypt and Moses has led them into the wilderness. There is one problem. There’s no food. They are hungry, so they start to grumble. “Why did you lead us...

Following the Cloud

I can’t resist commenting on today’s reading from the Narrative Lectionary found in Exodus 13:17–22. Pharoah had finally let the people go and they headed out to the Promised land. The logical path was to the north. It was a straight shot from Egypt to...
Take Off Your Sandals

Take Off Your Sandals

Today’s reading is found in Exodus 3:1-12. Moses encounters the voice of God coming from a burning bush. God told Moses to take off his sandals because that place was now holy ground. Notice the order of that statement. It wasn’t designated as holy ground...

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