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 Five Today’s reading is Acts 2: 37-47 “What should we do?”, asked the crowd that just had … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 8: 40-56 Today we see two people healed, Jarius’ daughter and the woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. I think this text to me shows the courage to believe when life was hard. Jarius … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 8: 1-25 As I read today, I kept looking for a common theme to emerge from the text, and I didn’t really find one, other than this. We look at the stories, and we see who … Continue reading
In scripture, and in life, Jesus doesn’t call people to some sort of vague belief in Him, but He calls people to follow Him. To make Him Lord, and to follow Him wherever it is that He is calling. That … Continue reading
One of the beautiful things about scripture is being able to see what is really going on. Scripture is a beautiful book, with so much to teach us. But for us to truly find what God wants to say to … Continue reading
There is much wisdom that we can gain today from the Old Testament prophets. Today is October 2, 2017, so this devotional is more time specific than most of them. I look around today, woke up to the shooting in … Continue reading
One of the more interesting things in the Bible, but especially in the Old Testament, is the notion of idolatry. It’s something that just seems so foreign to us, doesn’t it? It just seems like something that we would never … Continue reading
Today as I was reading today’s suggested readings, the passage from 1 Samuel really jumped out to me. Listen to what we are told today in 1 Samuel 5: 1-5: 1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought … Continue reading
Sometimes it is tempting to wonder if Jesus is aware of, or cares about our needs. We are just here in the world, holding on in the midst of the swirl of life. Does Jesus know? Does Jesus care? Do … Continue reading
Today’s reading from Jeremiah had a pass that just struck me. I wouldn’t let go of me. That’s one of the ways that I have always known that God is speaking to me through Scripture, I pay attention to what … Continue reading
