Rev Bill

The reading for The Lent Challange for today is Luke 6-7.
What strikes me in these chapters is Jesus’ call to love your enemies — do good to those who persecute you — love those who seem to always put you down.
A wise person once said that we can not change many [...]

Today’s passage in The Lent Challange is Mark 5-6.
Jesus ministers to all people — even those that others would have nothing to do with — like Gentiles that are possessed by demons (Mark 5:1-20) — women with hemorages (thought to be “unclean” by others) (Mark 5:25-34) -— and even dead people(Mark [...]

The Lent Challange for today is Matthew 10-11.
These are unsettling passages as Jesus calls for total commitment — and costly discipleship. Sometimes I wonder if I would have followed Jesus had I been living in His day and heard all He was saying — without the benefit of a faith tradition to build on. [...]

The Lent Challenge reading for today is Matthew 8-9.
These are troublesome passages for many — including me.  Healing  was a major part of Jesus’ ministry — and yet I struggle with the need for healing when a friend or loved one is sick — or when — as a minister of volunteer hospital [...]

Today’s reading for The Lent Challange is Matthew 5-7 – the Sermon On The Mount.
This seems to be a way for Jesus to say : “This is what I am doing
and this is what it will mean to follow me”. Sacrafice — giving of self — following God’s ways and not the ways we
would [...]