Luke 4:16-30 The gospel is good news for those who want good news. It’s good news for the poor who always seem to be targets for...

Hebrews 12:1-24 When Christians suffer, we don’t suffer the way the world does. We don’t suffer like the unbeliever who flails about with...

Exodus 17 Moses has an easy job. He doesn’t have to think for himself or act for himself when it comes to the myriad problems before him....

Hebrews 10:19-39 Our reading from the book of Hebrews this morning opens tells us that, because of Jesus’ once-for-all sacrifice on the...

To accompany the reading of St. Luke's passion narrative. When it comes to his suffering, Jesus does not need or want our pity. He chose...

Based upon St. Mark's passion narrative I imagine that Barabbas must have been a disappointment to his family. His name means “Son of...

To follow the reading of St. Matthew's Passion Narrative It is not good for a man to be alone. That’s why, in the beginning, God does not...

Exodus 5:1-6:1 In this morning’s reading, Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh and speak God’s demand that his people be given the freedom to...

Exodus 4:19-31; Mark 15:16-32 For all its strangeness, (what with talk of circumcision and bridegrooms of blood) this interlude between...

Exodus 4:1-18 In our reading from Exodus, we find the Lord reassuring and giving comfort to Moses that his mission to liberate Israel...

Exodus 2:23-3:33 The call of Moses is a strange story if you think about it. Here Moses is on the backside of the desert. He’s now...

Exodus 2:1-22 Pharaoh had just ordered the slaughter of all male Hebrew children by casting them into the waters of the Nile River in...

Genesis 46: 1-5; 47:1-31 For Jacob, this journey down into Egypt was bittersweet. For over twenty years, he had believed his beloved son...

Genesis 45: 1-20, 24-28 Today we read the climax of the Joseph story. The big reveal has happened. The masked Egyptian has unmasked...

Genesis 44:1-18, 32-34 Once again, in our reading from Genesis, Judah shows that he is a Christian. He shows how his heart and his mind...

Genesis 43:1-28 In yesterday’s devotion, I talked about how Jacob’s grief has made him irrational and despondent. His sorrow over the...

Genesis 42 Grief has a nasty habit of making people crazy, irrational and despondent. We see that with Jacob in our Old Testament reading...

Genesis 40 Ancient Egyptian religion placed a high value on dreams and their interpretations. The ancient Egyptians believed that sleep...

Genesis 39 It’s easy to miss the point of this episode in the life of Joseph. To see it as a kind of Old Testament soap opera starring a...

Genesis 37 What is the special coat that Jacob makes Joseph? The one that we so famously call the “coat of many colors?” And why does it...