Isaiah 40:3-5 and Matthew 25:1-13 This Sunday marks the first Sunday of Advent, which means “arrival” or “coming.” The vulnerable...

Luke 7:36-50 Gratitude starts by acknowledging truth. This scripture passage is about a thanksgiving meal Jesus had with a Pharisee and a...

Luke 16:1-14 Jesus tells the peculiar parable of the corrupt money manager. He concludes the story commending the man’s corruption! Then,...

Luke 18:1-8 Many people struggle to learn how to pray because they are focusing on praying, not on God. Making prayer the center is like...

Luke 18:9-14 Once upon a time, two worshipers came to a religious service. They both sang. They both prayed. They both heard the Bible. Two...

Luke 10:25-37 According to Jesus, loving Israel’s God is about redrawing the boundary lines to include those normally reckoned beyond the...

Hebrews 10:22-25

Psalm 23 This portion of scripture gives a perspective of building faith that can sustain the soul through what lies ahead, no matter what...

Luke 12:13-21 Money is not your problem. Love is. We’ll see that money sanity does not begin with a focus on the here and now; rather, it...