Teacher, what is the greatest commandment in the Law? Right before this question was posed, Jesus had faced down the Sadducees. They had asked a question about marriage and heaven, and Jesus dismissed their question as invalid, since it came from a stance of ignorance. After correcting their misunderstanding, the text tells us that the…

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. It is all too easy to “fall…

Love is patient and kind . . . Patient [pey shunt]: bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like. Kind [kahynd]: of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person; indulgent, considerate, or helpful; humane It can be so much easier—and so…

But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. When we are gathered together as a congregation in worship, one of the primary things we do is sing.  Our…