Woe to you Pharisees! Luke 11. 43 In the gospel of Luke, Jesus sternly chastises the Pharisees for their hypocrisy with several “woes...

To what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of...

No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, * but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. Luke 11.33 When...

Watch for the opportune time, and beware of evil, and do not be ashamed to be yourself. Do not refrain from speaking at the proper...

This poem was one of my favorites as a child. It made absolutely no sense, until it did. Priding himself on what he called "New Art,"...

You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”...

On this day in the church calendar we remember St. Francis, the man of poverty and peace who loved and protected all Creation. This quote...

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it . Song of Songs 8. 7 In the cemetery where my parents are buried, a huge...

Come near, Lord, come very near. Sorrow's got a hold on me The shadow is all I see Weighed down, no I can't break free Sorrow's got a...

Luke 9. 1 - 6 He said to them, ‘Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic. In...