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A God of Justice

A God of Justice

Saul then said to David: "You are in the right rather than I; you have treated me generously, while I have done you harm. Great is the generosity you showed...
January 18, 2024
Our Own Hearts Need Apply

Our Own Hearts Need Apply

Resplendent and unfading is wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her. She hastens to make herself known in anticipation...
November 11, 2023
Happy Birthday, Mama Mary

Happy Birthday, Mama Mary

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him...
September 07, 2023
Stop the Ride, I Want To Get Off

Stop the Ride, I Want To Get Off

He went off and beheaded [John] in the prison. He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl. The girl in turn gave it to...
August 28, 2023
Multiply What Feels Meager

Multiply What Feels Meager

This poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed...
June 09, 2023
Build Well

Build Well

Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual...
May 06, 2023
Small Gifts and a Little Shepherd Boy

Small Gifts and a Little Shepherd Boy

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ So they filled them...
January 07, 2023
Lord, Please Let Me See

Lord, Please Let Me See

The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he kept calling out all the more, ‘Son of David, have pity on me!’ Then Jesus stopped...
November 14, 2022
Who Is Hungry in Your Midst?

Who Is Hungry in Your Midst?

“Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry?" // Luke 6:3 "My old foster grandma lives down that street!" a little...
September 03, 2022
Distressed Hearts on Good Friday

Distressed Hearts on Good Friday

"Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” // John 18:37 The sound of my alarm at 2 a.m. hit me like a train. I slowly rolled over...
April 15, 2022
Swing Set Moments

Swing Set Moments

He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretch out its roots to the stream. // Jeremiah 17:8 Her little legs wrapped around my waist as she nestled...
February 13, 2022
Help Us to Hear You More

Help Us to Hear You More

"But wisdom is vindicated by her works." // Matthew 11:19 Just a little embarrassed, I wiped my eyes as I stood in front of my honors biology students. It should...
December 10, 2021