Author Archives: Josh

Good morning, Friends! We’re just one week out from Easter. And I feel somehow as though we’re still not ready for it. We’ve spent the last five weeks together, reading stories from the gospel, about the last events of Jesus’ … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! We’re just a couple of weeks away from Easter! For the last month we’ve been looking at stories about the last few weeks of Jesus’ life on earth. The stories haven’t been exactly what we’d expect. Jesus … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! I hope you’re all doing well today. You know, I’m always reading the Bible, trying to understand what it means, trying to figure out how everything fits together. A day hardly goes by without someone asking me … Continue reading →

Last Sunday we learned that a lot of churches have started the season of Lent, which is the six weeks before Easter. Just like during Advent, during Lent there’s a whole series of traditional Scripture readings. Last week we started … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! We’ve got kind of a funny story for our gospel reading this morning. By “funny”, I mean that it looks like one kind of a story, but really, it’s another. On the surface, this looks like a … Continue reading →

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. Then Levi held a great … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Every time I ask people what their favorite verse of the Bible is, I tend to get similar answers. Everyone likes the Lord’s Prayer, the 23rd Psalm, maybe John 3:16. Some people mention the Beatitudes and the … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! I chose today’s Scripture reading because I like to talk about love, and it’s coming up on Valentine’s Day. Usually, we save today’s Scripture for weddings. How many of you have ever heard 1st Corinthians 13 read … Continue reading →