Mar 18, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
from Dining with Jesus “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.” When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to...
Mar 11, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
from Dining with Jesus “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.” When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to...
Mar 4, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
from Dining with Jesus One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.” Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves...
Feb 25, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
from Dining with Jesus In Luke 11, Jesus says: “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former...
Feb 18, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
from Dining with Jesus When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. Then the Lord said to him, “Now...
Feb 11, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
from Dining with Jesus When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. Then the Lord said to him, “Now...
Feb 4, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
from Dining with Jesus Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an...
Jan 28, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
from Dining with Jesus …Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi (Matthew) sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” So, leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow him. Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for him at his house....
Jan 21, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
Dining with Jesus – Matthew, pt 1 God willing, over the next few weeks, we will be bringing a series entitled Dining with Jesus. We will be looking at passages in Luke’s gospel where Jesus shared a dining experience with his followers. Today, we begin with Luke 5,...
Jan 14, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20 We are invited repeatedly in scripture to have intimacy with God, and it is often pictured in the context of a...
Jan 7, 2026 | Weekly Devotional
“…He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom,to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.”- from Isaiah 9:1-7 Incarnation -by Jim Wood Shrouded in mysteryHidden thru agesPondered by...
Dec 24, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
This has been a joyous year filled with blessing and answered prayer. Obviously there have been challenges as well. Still, we have seen God’s faithfulness displayed again and again. Many of you have been a special encouragement through your presence, your words and...
Dec 10, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
Back in 1982, I was the parent of three preschoolers. I was frustrated with one of the lyrics in the beloved “Away in a Manger”: The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes,but little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes. God wasn’t pretending to be a baby, he...
Dec 3, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
Christmas is America’s favorite holiday, loved by children of every age … and the Chamber of Commerce. For weeks there is a flurry of activity as masses of people try desperately to have a good time. Sound depressing? It is for many people. In fact, mental...
Nov 26, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 One of my favorite stories about Thanksgiving is not about the holiday. It is about the attitude that birthed the holiday. When I...
