Monthly Archives: September 2013

Read: Luke 16:19-31 Meditation: “What Would It Take?” Jesus tells a story that makes perfect sense–if someone could come to us from “the other side” and tell us what it is really like, we would all snap to, order our … Continue reading →

Read:  Luke 16:1-13 Meditation: “Do What You Can” Okay, I admit it–I still wrestle with Jesus’ use of dishonesty to illustrate a Kingdom principle.  But the point he makes is clear: do what you can do in the maintenance and … Continue reading →

Read: Luke 15:1-10 Meditation: “Lost and Found” In some ways, God invented the list-and-found department.  As the two stories in today’s lesson clearly show (as does the omitted story of the two sons), there are all sorts of ways to … Continue reading →

Read:  Luke 14:25-33 Meditation:  “The Long View” Short-term assessments rarely produce long-term results.  I saw this in education as a professor.  Students who wrote papers for a grade in class did tgeir work differently than those who used a paper … Continue reading →