Faith Stories: Love from St. John’s Reflects Christ’s Love “I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each
Faith Stories: An Ordinary United Methodist
Faith Stories: An Ordinary United Methodist I am fascinated when I listen to friends in the Sojourners Sunday School class tell how their lives were changed when they discovered religion
Faith Stories: Virgin Birth … Really?
Faith Stories: Virgin Birth … Really? Miracles like the supposed virgin birth make me feel lost on my faith journey. My friend Marilyn says that she believes in the virgin
Christmas Day
Luke 2:15 Then the angels returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go right now to Bethlehem and see what’s happened.” n nOn this Christmas Day, we are
Christmas Eve
Isaiah 9:2nThe people who walked in darknessnhave seen a great light;nthose who lived in a land of deep darkness—non them light has shined. nnTo trust God in the light is
The Canticle of the Turning
Stanza 1:nMy soul cries out with a joyful shoutnthat the God of my heart is great,nAnd my spirit sings of the wondrous thingsnthat you bring to the one who waits.nYou
The Faithful Journey
Luke 2:3-5 “Everyone was required to return to his ancestral home for this registration. And because Joseph was a member of the royal line, he had to go to Bethlehem
Joseph & Mary Walk to Bethlehem
Deuteronomy 6:4-7 Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
Bring Me Peace
nLuke 1:45 Happy is she who believed that the Lord would fulfill the promises he made to her.n On this fourth Sunday in Advent, a Sunday which is traditionally known
Praying the Scripture – Week 3
Luke 1:39-45 Mary got up and hurried to a city in the Judean highlands. She entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in