To live within abundance. Mark 14:3-9 There was a woman in the Gospel of Mark who didn’t have a name.  And yet, Jesus told the truth when he said that his story would never be told without hers. Here’s the story, in case you don’t remember.  We read it out loud on Passion Sunday.  Jesus […]

The art of being grateful.   This Thanksgiving, hundreds of thousands of people will sit around tables and make long lists of what they are grateful for.  Many others will partake the Thanksgiving morning ritual of making a list of 100 things they are grateful for before breakfast.  Giving thanks is one of the simplest […]

​22But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his plunder. 23Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.