Seek First
What is it that you seek out first and foremost? When you wake what comes to mind? Or who comes to mind? Are your thoughts Everything-Else-Plus-God or God-Period? It is…
Blessing
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.1When Jesus was asked how to pray, he said, Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven…
Our Father
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.”1 It is difficult to grasp intellectually God’s holiness—purity, moral excellency, rectitude, honor, truth and righteousness, uncreated and eternal.…
The Parable of the Older Son
The story continues. This time focusing on the older son. It starts with Now . . . ,1 signaling a shift—Jesus exhibits a contrast. Coming in from the field the…
The Parable of the Younger Son
The story begins with Jesus relating a parable of a man who had two sons. He starts with the younger son, who asked the father for his share of the…