Texts: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26 Marguerite Johnson was a St. Louis native, a Pulitzer Prize nominated poet, and a woman known to...

Text: Luke 5:1-11 He had had it with life, with people, and especially with preachers. He wanted to talk and for me to listen. Just...

Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Pastors and Seminary students are often asked to share their call to ministry story. Believing that God has laid a...

Texts: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 4:14-21 I was young, in a new town, and wanted to belong. Many of my new friends invited me to...

Text: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Suppose we were to switch roles with God for just one day. On that day, it would be within our power to create...

Text: Isaiah 62:1-5 After fifty years of captivity in Babylon, refugees have come home to holy Jerusalem, their hope and their dream....

Text: Luke 2:1-20 I was raised in a family that adored Christmas. No matter what was happening in my parents’ lives or in the U.S....

Text: Luke 1:39-50 I want share a secret that only a few people know. I hesitate to reveal this secret, but the time has come for full...

Text: Philippians 4:4-7 I know just what I want for Christmas. No more seasonal socks. No more Christmas ties. Not one more sweater. What...

Text: Luke 3:1-6: Luke 3:1-6 3:1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea,...