The story of the bleeding woman (Mark 5:25-34) tells us of the woman who had nothing to lose. After 12 years of being an outcast, unsuccessfully visiting different medial practitioners (and spending whatever income she had to do so), she took that leap of faith about [...]

The blame game seems to part of our heritage – Adam was the first player! As we read in Genesis 3:9-15, God was surprised when Adam didn’t respond when called. When God asked why Adam wasn’t responding, Adam shared his new-found knowledge – oh my, he [...]

We read about Jesus’ Last Supper, in Mark 14:12-16, 22-26. This was a Passover Meal, during which Jesus celebrated the important Jewish Feast with his Jewish disciples (sometimes we forget that Jesus was Jewish!) But during this meal Jesus changed the words and because of that, [...]

In John 17:6-19, we are presented with Jesus’s prayer asking God to watch over the disciples. We learn that Jesus is proud of his disciples, but also a little afraid for them, so he hopes they will be protected – that they will be safe. He [...]

In the gospel reading for this Sunday, John 15:1-8, we are reminded that vines sometimes need to be pruned, as do many plants in our gardens. For some, deadheading after flowers bloom helps the plants continue to bloom. In other cases, the plant needs to be [...]