Gethsemane Sometimes, we don’t want things to go “according to plan." In today’s story, which you’ll find in Matthew 26:36-46 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A36-46&version=ESV], Mark 14:32-43 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+14%3A32-43&…
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Faith
The Last Supper
The Last Supper The Lord’s Supper is one of the common features of most forms of Christianity, even though it is not always practiced in exactly the same way. You’ll find the story of its origin in all four gospels: Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:…
Talents
Talents In Matthew 25:14-30 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A14-30&version=ESV] and Luke 19:12-28 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+19%3A12-28&version=ESV], we find accounts of two very similar parables. I’d encourage you to take a moment to…
Who Is My Neighbor?
Who Is My Neighbor? “Dear Prudence,” someone wrote in a recent advice column. “I have a great group of friends with big dreams to change the world. We’re also all woefully underemployed – working freelance, at nonprofits, or as adjuncts.... As one of the few who has managed to get…
Silence
There is a song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX-yDo8kW68] that can easily bring a tear to the eye. Composed to commemorate Kristallnact, the piece takes its lyrics from a poem scrawled on the wall of the secret room where an unknown Jew hid during the Holocaust. “I believe…