Matthew 6:25-33 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your...

Mark 13:1-8 13 And as Jesus came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what...

Mark 4:1-9 New Revised Standard Version 4 Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got...

Do you have memories of listening to stories? Maybe bedtime stories were read to you when you were tucked into bed at night. Or stories...

LAZARUS AND HIS TWO SISTERS lived in a town called Bethany a couple of miles outside Jerusalem and according to the Gospel of John were...

John 11:17-44 17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Laz′arus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about...

In 1996, Johnny Cash recorded the Carter Family song " Kneeling Drunkard's Plea," which tells the story of a man kneeling at his mother’s...

Mark 10:46-52 46 Then they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd; Bartimae′us, a blind...

What I like about the Bible is that it is so real. The leaders of the Early Church are shown in all their humanity - warts and all. And...

Mark 10:35-45 35 And James and John, the sons of Zeb′edee, came forward to him, and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us...

I've always loved the rich young ruler as a sympathetic anti-hero. He's young, wealthy, powerful, and spiritually earnest. He asks the...

Mark 10:17-31 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I...

WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY And the Table Will Be Wide A Blessing for World Communion Sunday And the table will be wide. And the welcome will...

Mark 10:1-16 10 And Jesus left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered around him; and again, as...

In the immediate setting of our Gospel Lesson the disciples on their way to Jerusalem, and they have been dealing the issue of...

Mark 9:38-41 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not...

Mark 9:30-37 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know it; 31 for he was teaching his...

What does a person have to do to become an insignificant leader? Why don't we ever hear people say, "You are destined to be really...

Frederick Buechner, one of my favorite writers, in Listening to Your Life, asks a series of questions designed to help us think about...

Mark 8:27-38 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare′a Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples,...