The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 27, 2017 Matthew 14:22-23 Step Out of the Boat! Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against…
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 20, 2017 Isaiah 55:1-5 Come to God’s Rich Banquet! Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.…
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 13, 2017 I Kings 3:5-12 Choices, Choices, Choices At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit…
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost August 6, 2017 Joel 3:12-16 Decision Time! “Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side. Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow—so great is their wickedness! Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the…