Good morning all!  Ides of March, eh? Today’s scripture: MARK 6:30-44 30The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32And…

Good morning all! You have made it halfway through the week!  Good work! Today’s scripture: PSALM 147:1-11 1   Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. 2   The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3   He heals the brokenhearted,…

Good morning!  Wow, look at more snow! Today’s scripture: GENESIS 45:1-15 1Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard…

Good morning all! Today’s scripture: MARK 5:21-34 21When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. 22Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet 23and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter…

Good morning all! Hope you remembered your clocks this morning! Today’s scripture: John 2:13-22  (NRSV)The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the…

Good morning all! Today’s scripture:  Mark 11:27-33  Then when they were back in Jerusalem once again, as they were walking through the Temple, the high priests, religion scholars, and leaders came up and demanded, “Show us your credentials. Who authorized you to speak and act like this?” Jesus responded, “First let me ask you a question. Answer…

Good morning everyone! Today’s scripture:  Psalm 19: 1-6, 12-14 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice[b] goes out into all…

Good morning all!  Happy International Women’s Day! Today’s scripture: MARK 4:30-34 30He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it?31It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;32yet when it is sown it…

Good morning! Today’s scripture: MARK 4:1-9 1Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the sea and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his…

Good morning!  Snow, really? Today’s scripture:  Hebrews 11:1-3, 13-19   Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are…