Seeing Others Through Grace
A story is told about Secretary of State Colin Powell and the way he challenged young leaders. In conversations with White House interns, he would ask a simple question: “What is the name of...
Reformation Encouragement
You will be hated by all people because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved. Matthew 10:22 This Gospel reading for Reformation Sunday records Jesus warning his disciples about...
A Matter of Lineage
“So if David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” Matthew 22:45 The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is a federally chartered lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly...
St. Luke the Evangelist Day
For this reason, it seemed good to me also, since I followed everything closely from the beginning, to write an orderly account to you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of...
The Chosen Few
“For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14 Our verse is the conclusion of a parable that Jesus, our Master Storyteller, used as he illustrated the kingdom of heaven. God the Father...
A Fall that Saves
“Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” Matthew 21:44 This verse is the closing comment that Jesus made after he had told...
The Work of Angels
See to it that you do not look down on one of these little ones, because I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in...
Two Children with the Same Command
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Amen I tell you: The tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom...
The Amazing Grace of the Master!
In the same way, the last will be first, and the first, last.” Matthew 20:16 You just won the race that you were running. You not only beat your own personal time, you beat...