More Than Bread

Send me a Text Message! As we read and listen to Mark 6-11, there are so many places where we could pause for a moment or two. We see Jesus walking on water, feeding crowds, healing and teaching. We have one of my most gut-wrenching stories, where the Rich Young Ruler walked away from Jesus because his stuff was too important. But for a few moments we'll pause and talk about the dangers of gr...

Send me a Text Message! Reading the gospel of Mark chapters 1-5 with a few comments along the way, concluding with a focus on what a follower of Jesus, a Jesus-apprentice looks like in real life. Hint, it may often require the use of the phrase, "If you say so, Jesus!"

Send me a Text Message! Matthew 25-28 finishes up the gospel of Matthew. The passion and resurrection stories are of course, powerful. The cross and the empty tomb show us the love of God and the power of God. Together they fill us with hope. But then there is this story of the love-burst of Mary, that is where I focus at the end.

Send me a Text Message! Matthew 19-24 includes a lot of difficult teachings but also some of my favorite, like "good leaders are great servants" and "my house will be a house of prayer" and "love your neighbor as you love yourself." For me to love my neighbor like I love myself I simply need to ask, "What would I love me if I were my neighbor!"

Send me a Text Message! Matthew 13-18 is filled with descriptions of how followers of Jesus live and look and love. Perhaps none of those descriptions is more powerful than Jesus' teaching on forgiveness. Jesus loves mercy. We have been forgiven much, so we can forgive others! 

Send me a Text Message! Matthew 8-12 is filled with miracles that arise from and inspire faith (believing) but we also see that believing must lead to trusting. When we trust we find ourselves called to follow a King who is worthy of our living and our dying!

Send me a Text Message! We are starting our 40-episode read through the New Testament.  The focus in this episode is Matthew 1-7 as Matthew begins to describe Jesus as the King. So much good stuff in Matthew, the birth-story and the Sermon on the Mount! Join us as we listen to the Word and learn from the word and finally lean into the Word! 

Send me a Text Message! So many urgent matters in life grab our attention. But something can't really be urgent if it's not important. If we lack the most important things for life, that becomes urgent...and our urgency soon develops into hunger. So the question is, "Are we hungry for God's Word?"