(John 4:46-54 MSG) My Bible study leader closes . . . “Use Your Word to set us in motion.” Her words will end up shaping my week . . . and me. In the week before His arrest, Jesus preaches daily in the Temple. The religious elite listen for something, anything, to throw back at…

(Deuteronomy 8) The  Promised Land. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops. Somewhere over the rainbow . . . Yet, as Moses and his people train their eyes on the opposite riverbank, he points to a real place. Not over the rainbow. But over the Jordan. That, he declares, is The…

(Luke 22:7-13)  A free afternoon. On a gorgeous day. What a glorious prospect. Until a request comes in. To spend this magnificent weather day sitting inside with a friend’s mom who has dementia. Not really what I had in mind. But I do have room in my afternoon. And so begins what turns out to…