He said to them, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and will all your mind.’ (Mt. 22:37) I was meeting with a couple (I’ll call them John and Mary) before their wedding the next day. While reviewing their vows, John said, “I’m having a hard …
Tag: Barnabas
With Barnabas
When he [Paul] had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him, brought him to the apostles, and described for them how on the road he had seen the Lord... (Acts 9:26-27) …
Delighting God’s Heart
No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.’ (Acts 2:16-17) I will …
Jesus with You Always and Everywhere
But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you. (Mk. 16:7) I’ve been to Galilee. Even though it was incredible to be where Jesus once walked, no one would have thought Galilee was anything special before Jesus …
God is Father of All
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all… (Eph. 4:4-5) The vets from the jail’s reentry program wanted to talk about acceptance because they were breaking down into cliques and factions …
About Barnabas
When he [Paul] had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him, brought him to the apostles, and described for them how on the road he had seen the Lord... (Acts 9:26-27) His …
Water Into Wine
When the wine steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But …