"Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted." Galatians 6:1 This week we've [...]

“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you [...]

"Judge not, that you be not judged.” Matthew 7:1 I recently watched a favorite movie, “Judgment at Nuremberg,” about a tribunal set up to judge four former-Nazi judges active during the Hitler regime. These [...]

26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by [...]

 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where [...]

Read Matthew 6:19-34 Sometimes I like to play a little mind trick on my daughters when they are sad. I’ll say, “whatever you do, don’t smile!” In a matter of seconds you have a [...]

Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, [...]

"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."  Matthew 6:13 The hammer was in my hand. My friend waited for me to join in. I knew better than to do what [...]

12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Matthew 6:12 As I slumped in my chair, eyes on the floor, my husband looked intently at me. He, and then I, [...]

 Give us this day our daily bread. Seven simple words, with layers of depth and meaning. The first three phrases of the Lord’s prayer are about God’s name, kingdom and will. “Give us this [...]