Ok ok…he is not really a guest anymore since he has written one already but Jeff Peterson had soooo much fun writing one he went for another one and I agreed he should.  This is an awesome blog for the day. When I read it, I knew it was just right for today.  Just what…

Good morning! Today’s scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-13 11 He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake,…

  Written by Courtney McHill, United Methodist Pastor Bible Background  Barbara Brown Taylor writes in one of her sermons, “According to John, Jesus died because he told the truth to everyone he met. He was the truth, a perfect mirror in which people saw themselves in God’s own light.”  This moment when Jesus and Pilate…

Good morning all!  Happy Monday and Happy Spring Break for some of you! Today’s scripture: Exodus 17:1-7 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water…

Hey all!  Happy Sunday!  Enjoy this mini Easter. 🙂 Today’s scripture: John 18: 12-27 (NRSV)  So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him. First they took him to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.  Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was better…

Good morning all! We made it to Saturday!  Hope you get to do something fun today. 🙂 Today’s scripture:Psalm 95:1-5  O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him…

  Good morning! Today’s scripture: Ephesians 2:11-15, 19-22  The Message  But don’t take any of this for granted. It was only yesterday that you outsiders to God’s ways had no idea of any of this, didn’t know the first thing about the way God works, hadn’t the faintest idea of Christ. You knew nothing of that…

Good morning all!  Happy first day of Spring! Today’s scripture:  Exodus 16:1-8 16 The whole congregation of the Israelites set out from Elim; and Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. 2 The whole congregation…

Good morning all! Today’s scripture: John 8:1-11 (Message) Jesus went across to Mount Olives, but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down and taught them. The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in…

Good morning all! We made it to Tuesday! Today’s scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25 17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,…