October 7, 2025 – Returning to Give Thanks
October 7, 2025 Lessons for October 12 • 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c • Psalm 111 • 2 Timothy 2: 8-15 • Luke 17: 11-19 Returning to Give Thanks What was your favorite thing today? Connie and I use that question each day to remember and share our favorite events or people. No matter how the […]
September 30, 2025 – Just doing my Job
September 30, 2025 Lessons for October 5 • Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 • Psalm 37:1-9 • 2 Timothy 1:1-14 • Luke 17:5-10 Just doing my Job Have you heard people say that lately? I try to say thank you to people who assist myself and others. People like custodians, hotel workers, landscapers, who may not be […]
September 23, 2025 A Good Use of Riches
September 23, 2025 Lessons for September 21 • Amos 6: 4-7 • Psalm 146 • 1 Timothy 6:6-19 • Luke 16: 19-31 A Good Use of Riches What shall I do with what I have? Have you ever looked around your house and thought, how did I end up with all this stuff? One reason […]
September 9, 2025 – Rejoicing with Jesus
LESSONS • Exodus 32:7-14 • Psalm 51:1-10 • 1 Timothy 1:12-17 • Luke 15: 1-10 REJOICING WITH JESUS What is worse than misplacing your keys or phone or glasses? What is a better feeling than when you find them? Right now I have tags on my wallet and keys and a find my app […]
Sept. 2, 2025 CHOOSE LIFE
Lessons for September 7: • Deuteronomy 30:15-20 • Psalm 1 • Philemon 1-21 • Luke 14: 25-33 There are moments in life when we are called to consider options. What shall we do? Tuesday I was headed to the office, when I arrived the power was off due to the high winds. I had arrived […]
August 26, 2025 TABLE MANNERS
Lessons for August 31: Proverbs 25:6-7a Hebrews 13: 1-8, 15-16 Psalm 112 Luke 14: 1, 7-14 Have you been told lately to watch your table manners? Connie and I will be visiting both our grandchildren in the weeks ahead. (and their parents – our children – and their spouses of course). We have been enjoying […]
August 19, 2025 When Something Wonderful Happens
Lessons for August 24: ▪ Isaiah 58: 9b-14 ▪ Psalm 103: 1-8 ▪ Hebrews 12: 18-29 ▪ Luke 13: 10-17 Are you feeling bent over this week? Sometimes life feels more burdensome than joyful. Sometimes illnesses last a long time. There are people on our prayer list who have been on the list for some […]
August 12, 2025 Family Gatherings and Family Issues
Lessons for August 10: o Jeremiah 23: 23-29 o Psalm 82 o Hebrews 11:29-12:2 o Luke 12:49-56 Glad to be back with you. Back in a time zone that matches Connie and the family. My sister Marcia and I had a wonderful time with Ombeni as our guide. We went on two Safaris and connected […]
July 15, 2025 Mary and Martha
July 15, 2025 – Mary and Martha Lessons for July 13: o Genesis 18: 1-10a o Psalm 15 o Colossians 1:15-28 o Luke 10: 38-42 Last Sunday we focused on the parable of The Good Samaritan. As we read further in Luke 10. We come across the story of Mary and Martha. Several things stand […]
July 8, 2025 – The Good Samaritan
July 8, 2025 The Good Samaritan Lessons for July 13: o Deuteronomy 30:9-14 o Psalm 25: 1-10 o Colossians 1:1-14 o Luke 10:25-37 This Sunday we will focus on the parable of The Good Samaritan from Luke 10. This parable is one of the most recognized of all the parables. I remember as a […]