Author Archives: Covenant

Matthew 22:1-14 NRSVUE Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. Again he sent other slaves,Continue reading ““There’s Got To Be More Than This” — September 17, 2023″

Matthew 15:10-28 NRSVUE Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees tookContinue reading ““The Beautiful and the Not So Beautiful” — August 27, 2023″

Acts 9:10-31 NRSVUE Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.” The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul.Continue reading ““Faithful Friends” — August 13, 2023″

Matthew 14:13-21 NRSVUE Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. WhenContinue reading ““When you only have five loaves and fishes” — August 6, 2023″

Philippians 3:12-15a NRSVUE Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal, but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold of it, but one thing I have laid hold of:Continue reading ““Fall Forward” — June 11, 2023″

John 3:1-17 NRSVUE Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God wereContinue reading “Worship Service — June 4, 2023”

John 17:6-19 NRSVUE “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you, for the words that you gave to me I have given toContinue reading ““Dividing Lines” — May 14, 2023″

John 10:10-18 NRSVUE “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. HeContinue reading ““The Good Shepherd, The Hired Hand, The Sheep, And the Wolfe” — April 30, 2023″

Luke 24:33, 35, 36-48 NRSVUE That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together.  Then they told what had happened on the road and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread. While they were talking about this,Continue reading ““We Are Witnesses” — April 23, 2023″

John 20:19-31 NRSVUE When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. ThenContinue reading ““Locked Doors and Hidden Hearts” — April 16, 2023″