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The Joseph Epic on the Emmaus Road: 16 Ways Luke 24 Echoes Genesis 42 & 45
The Joseph Epic on the Emmaus Road: 16 Ways Luke 24 Echoes Genesis 42 & 45
Bible
Gospel
John 9.1–13 & 28–38 dramatized reading
This dramatized reading of John 9.1–13 & 28–38 is based on the CJB, Complete Jewish Bible © 1998 David H. Stern. Here's the altered text, followed by a 1-pager JPEG and then a PDF file: narrator — The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Being Transformed by Renewing Our Mind
Rebecca, Resurrection, and Seeing the Face of God — Luke 20.27–38
A sermon preached November 9, 2025. Rebecca Nancy and I will be at the funeral of Nancy’s 29 year-old niece Rebecca who died of heartbreak 6 weeks after a tractor trailer killed her husband riding his bicycle. Gospel Now, in today’s assigned Gospel reading, some rich people who
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8 Stations toward the Humility to See
"For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are." —C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew chapter X on Uncle Andrew's misperception 💡"For what you see and hear
Hebrew
Yahweh & Yeshua in Psalm 118
Reading both Yahweh (or Yah where the abbreviated form is used) when the Divine name appears in Hebrew, and Yeshua where this Hebrew word for salvation appears brings Palm 118 alive for Palm Sunday and Easter Resurrection Sunday. Verse 25 hits us with new impact when we hear the opening
Translation
Opposite Version of Philippians 3.8–15
8 Knowing Messiah Jesus as my Lord is worth far less than everything else put together! In fact because of the Messiah, I’ve suffered the loss of everything. And I now calculate that loss as something worth grieving over. The Messiah is my loss. 9 And I would be
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Prodigal Texts: Psalm 34 & 2 Corinthians 5
The lens of Jesus's wisdom story about the Lost Son in Luke 15 illuminates Psalm 34 and 2 Corinthians 5 — these three scriptures are assigned readings in for Year C Lent 4 lectionary of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). Here are two reinterpretations of Psalm 34
Lyrics
Jordan River Is Flowing By — a new hymn
In the old-fashioned style of the camp meeting revival songs in the late 1800s and early 1900s, here's my adaptation of a 1910 lyric by Ada Blenkhorn — find out a bit more about her here: https://hymnary.org/person/Blenkhorn_Ada. Ada's text followed a meter
Biblical Theology
32 Insights about Yahweh from 10 Verses in Psalm 119
Law (torah) appears 10 times in the latter portion of Psalm 119 (verses 105 to 176) — here are 32 theological implications about Yahweh from those verses. As I tease out these theological implications, I will employ my preferred translation of torah (tôrâ) as "code of conduct": Psalm 119.
Bible
The Big Idea from 30 Psalms
Here are the big ideas from 30 psalms from a preaching series in 2024, as our congregation read through the 150 psalms in 30 Sundays: 3 — When your own flesh & blood want you dead. 9 — I can praise Yahweh even when suffering disrupts the basic alphabet of my life.
Bible
Psalm 27 — Christocentric & Personalized with Examen
Click the button below and then hit the gray 'Download a copy' button to download a PDF handout which walks you through seeing how Psalm 27 is prophetic of Jesus, and how it can apply to your own life. Psalm 27 PDF
Vocation
Enchantingly Axiomatic: The Snakeoil in the Water We Drink
DWYL As-Long-As-Your’re-Happy . . . Follow-Your-Heart . . . Be-True-To-Yourself . . . Believe-In-Yourself . . . Live-Your-Truth . . . Be-Your-Best-Self . . . Do-What-You-Love — the aphorisms of our day are elegant. They sound like beautiful advice. They’re certainly enticing. Who wouldn’t want to be their best self? Who wouldn’t want to do what they love? Who wouldn’t want what makes them