Today is our last day of the week and we will finish looking at what this passage can mean to us today. Today as we look at Luke 24: 13-35, we’ll be looking at verses 28-35 and the world in … Continue reading
We’ve been looking this week at Genesis 12: 1-5 and Matthew 5: 13-16, exploring what is happening behind the text and the words on the page. Today I’d like to talk about what these words actually can mean to us in … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Acts 6: 1-7 We can’t do everything. That is actually a common lesson throughout the Bible. We see Moses learn it from his father-in-law Jethro. We see how many people in scripture have folks walking beside them, from … Continue reading
This week’s reflections are written by Rev. Brian Johnston, one of our Associate Pastors here at St. Matthew’s Rooted 2019 – Week Fifteen Day One Today’s reading is Acts 3: 1-10 Today we read a short passage about Peter and John … Continue reading
This week’s reflections are written by Rev. Brian Johnson, one of our Associate Pastors here at St. Matthew’s Rooted 2019 – Week Fourteen Day Two Today’s reading is Acts 1: 12-26 Today’s reading can be broken down into a few movements. … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 6: 37-49 Yesterday we read about Jesus command for us to love our enemies. That is something that is very hard for us to do and is something that can really only be done by the … Continue reading
One of the things that I have come to believe, deep in my core of my being, is that we need each other. The journey of faith, it is not a path that we walk alone. It is a journey … Continue reading
As we talked about yesterday, during my teaching at Camp Wesley Pines this week I am drawing comparisons between characters in Star Wars and different Biblical characters. Last night we looked at Moses and Aaron and who they can relate to. … Continue reading
One of the most common phrases in our culture, and in the church as well, is that you can’t judge me. Only God can judge me. And yes, there are many, many verses in scripture that tell us that we … Continue reading
In Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, he covers a lot of things. Things like death, what will happen when the Lord comes back, how Christians should live and serve. But one of the things I’ve always liked about Paul’s smaller letters … Continue reading
