The church and hospitality … John 4:1-12 – Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, ‘Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John’— although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— he left Judea and started back to Galilee....
Luke 14:1, 7-11 – “On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath … he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. ‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet,...
“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good; the Lord’s steadfast love endures forever! This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Psalm 118:1, 24) On this Sunday, may we, the church – the people of God – the followers of Christ Jesus...
Psalm 150: Hallelujah! Praise the Lord in the holy temple; praise God in the firmament of divine power. Praise the Lord for mighty acts; praise God for excellent greatness. Praise the Lord with the blast of the ram’s-horn; praise God with lyre and harp. Praise the...
This morning’s Daily Lectionary Hebrew Scripture (Old Testament) reading is Ecclesiastes 5:1-5. Let us come with reverence and humility as we hear the Word of the Lord … “Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than the...
