by SCOTT LINGO Psalm 32 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.  Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover…

by LONNIE SOUTHALL Luke 13:31-35 What better passage to give an English teacher than one that is all about irony? In Luke 13:31-35, we see the juxtaposition of the ultimate ironies of the journey of Jesus: that death is the penultimate step of his passage on this mortal coil and…

by VIVI COLE Luke 6 When I read this I couldn’t help but think about the “Great Multitude” of people listening to Jesus. How quiet and attentive they must have been, hanging on His every word. How in awe they must have been to be hearing and receiving such radical…

by NOMA LOVELAND Luke  5 Oh, how I relate to the purely human Peter in this passage; Just Saying, Jesus, this is my thing, I’ve already tried that, but if you insist! Bold confidence justified by training and experience.  I’m not a fisherman; but I’ve been in that boat!  Guilty…

by ANDREW OWENS Luke 4 I grew up in Fairfax County, about 20 minutes outside of Washington DC. It was all I knew from birth to age 19 when I left to start college in Fredericksburg. Days turned to weeks, weeks to months, months to years. I would go back…

by DEB COLLINS Luke 3 If you told me that I was preparing for a feast at the table of Christ, I would immediately start making lists. I would have a separate list for what would need to be set up, what I needed to bring, what my family would…

by DANIEL BELCHER Luke  2:22-52 Here I am, 4:00am, waiting. Waiting for the smoke detectors to blast throughout the house for the seventh time since 1:00am. I thought sleeping anxiously, every night for eight straight months, knowing my two year old would barge through the bedroom door, yet again, screaming…

by SHAY OLSON Psalm 25 My husband and I traveled to West Virginia for a trip, where the highest point in the state was only minutes away from our cabin. We planned this trip to see the millions of stars that were tucked away in the sky. It was breathtaking!…

by MARY POPE Luke 2:1-21 Imagine you are shepherding in the quiet of night when an angel of the Lord appears without warning.  What fear the shepherds must have felt!  Talk about shock, and awe! I can relate. On a recent camping trip with my daughter, in the quiet of…

by SPENCER ATKINSON Luke  4:1-13 A few years back, I used to have terrible stomach pains when I ate certain foods, yet I would still try to eat them and hope that all would be well. One particular day, I had just finished fishing with two of my friends and…