Devotions

April 5, 2013 #621

But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31 (NRSV) Early last Summer I drove down to the Platte Colony to see David Stahl. David is in charge of the gardens, …READ MORE

March 28, 2013 #620

Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. Luke 24:10-12 (NRSV) Last week, at confirmation class, one of the students said BS. I responded, “What …READ MORE

Peace on Earth

March 21, 2013 | Devotion #619 Even Herod with his soldiers treated him (Jesus) with contempt and mocked him; then he put an elegant robe on him, and sent him back to Pilate. That same day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; before this they had been enemies. Luke 23:11-12 (NRSV) Shouts of …READ MORE

March 15, 2013 #618

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. John 12:1 (NRSV) Margie and I toured Wittenberg, Germany last fall. One of the sites we visited was the town church called St. Mary’s. It was the church that Martin Luther was married and all …READ MORE

March 7, 2013 #617

Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them. Luke 15:11-12 (NRSV) Of all the parables that Jesus taught the one that is arguably the …READ MORE