Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 I am writing from Macon, Georgia. I am spending a long weekend here, mostly to re-connect with my cohort of fellow presbytery leaders. Starting in...

Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.” Matthew 13:33 Many people have asked me about my trip to Israel and Palestine, and even asked that I speak...

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow meall the days of my life,and I shall dwell in the house of the Lordmy whole life long.     Psalm 23:6 A few months ago, we received a letter addressed to Foster Shannon at the Presbytery office. I was intrigued, because the...

[T]hrough the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to theone hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God...

I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. Philippians 1:3-5 I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and that it was easy for you to...

They shall build houses and inhabit them;they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat;for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of...

For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us . . . Romans 12:4-6a Last...

“If the prophet had commanded you to do something difficult, would you not have done it? How much more, when all he said to you was, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 2 Kings 5:13 These are indeed strange and trying times. I could quote the most famous of opening lines, “It was...

And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight to help you to determine what is best, so that on the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus...

“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” Mark 12:43b-44 We are...