This is the Way... Walk in It

February 16, 2025

Psalm 1 (BCP 2019)

¹   Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, *
        nor stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful;
²   But his delight is in the law of the LORD, *
        and on his law will he meditate day and night.
³   And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, *
        that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
⁴   His leaf also shall not wither; *
        and look, whatever he does, it shall prosper.
⁵   As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; *
        but they are like the chaff, which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.
⁶   Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, *
        neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
⁷   For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, *
        but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Jesus' Mission- Our Mission (Part 2)

February 9, 2025

Luke 4:14-21 (ESV)

¹⁴ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵ And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

¹⁸    “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
            because he has anointed me
            to proclaim good news to the poor.
        He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
            and recovering of sight to the blind,
            to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
¹⁹    to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

²⁰ And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹ And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Jesus' Mission- Our Mission (Part 1)

February 2, 2025

Luke 4:14-21 (ESV)

¹⁴ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. ¹⁵ And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

¹⁸    “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
            because he has anointed me
            to proclaim good news to the poor.
        He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
            and recovering of sight to the blind,
            to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
¹⁹    to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

²⁰ And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. ²¹ And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Christmas Day

December 25, 2024

John 1:1-18 (ESV)

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God. ³ All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴ In him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. ⁸ He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

⁹ The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. ¹¹ He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. ¹² But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, ¹³ who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) ¹⁶ For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.