Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20 I grabbed the remote to turn on the television. I didn’t know what the program would be; I was tired at the end of a long day & just wanted to relax for a few minutes. The sound came on briefly before the picture appeared. A voice simply said, “This is the head.” Immediately – the picture still had not appeared – I found myself wondering what sort of ‘head’ this might be. Was the program about archaeology, with people looking at a human skele

Scripture: Thessalonians 3:6-13 Brothers & sisters don’t get discouraged in doing what is right. 2 Thessalonians 3:13 It's been twenty-six weeks of "ordinary time" since the last church feast day on Pentecost Sunday — an entire half-year. Next week we celebrate Christ the King on the last Sunday of the liturgical year. The week after that we start all over again with the first Sunday in Advent. But for this one last week we're still stuck in the uneventful. And right on cu

Scripture - Luke 19:1-10 Sunday school classes love Zacchaeus. At lease, they love to act out his story & sing about him. (Zacchaeus was a wee little man…) The little man who climbs up a tree to see Jesus provides one of the most vivid short stories in the entire Bible. (Pun intended!) Children can identify with Zacchaeus; they often find themselves trying to see through a crowd & not able to see what is going on. (This thought came to mind during my walk through the BB