Walking in Unrelenting Love
Lord, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times? - Matt 18:21
Reconciliation Embodied
As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live — Eze 33:11
Reverence and Resilience
O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells. - Psalm 26:8
The Rock of Faith
Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. - Isaiah 51:1
A Feast for the Outcasts
The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, ‘I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered. - Isa 56:8
Transfiguring Light
Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. — Luke 9:32
Hidden Treasures
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field — Matthew 13:44
Unbearable Abundance
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk, without money and without price. — Isaiah 55:1
God of Holy Rest
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. - Matt 11:28
New Priorities
We were buried with Christ through baptism into death in order that, just as he was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. - Rom 6:4
Through the Waters
O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. - Jeremiah 20:7
Rooted for Mission
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:6
Mercy, not Sacrifice
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. — Hosea 6:6
Triradiant Grace, Triradiant Glory
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. — 2 Corinthians 13:14
Riot of Whites and Reds
When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and so you renew the face of the earth — Psalm 104:30
“Now What” Sunday
I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. — John 17:11
Rogation Sunday
I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. — John 15:15
This is the Way
I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. — John 14:6