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Our Invisible Lines
When he saw the crowds, [Jesus] went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them. // Matthew 5:1-2 Years...
A More Dignified Invitation
"When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your . . . relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have...
Thoughts and Prayers and Toes
Brothers and sisters: We always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of...
Called to the Table of the King
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”// Luke 14:11 The church was nearly silent, other than the soft rustling of...
Go Up and Pray
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. // Luke 6:12 I fall in and out of the habit of intentionally...
Put on the Armor of God
Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. // Ephesians 6:13 Last...
When We Feel We Don't Deserve
[B]e obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ, not only when being watched, as currying favor, but as slaves of Christ,...
Love and Real Respect
Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. // Ephesians 5:21 I used to bristle at the scripture found in the first selection for today's reading. As a...
You Don’t Have to Do it All
He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season. // Psalm 1:1-3 “You’re trying to do too much.” This blunt but much needed...
Humility Is the Entire Point
“But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me...
God's Special Call for You
Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. // Ephesians 4:7 The eyes of all the little faces on our various icons of the...
Brought in with Friendship
[L]ive in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love. // Ephesians 4:1-2 “They weren’t asking...
