Faith and Family

A Racial Reality Check

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a middle-aged, White woman who lives in a predominantly White area. I am privileged in ways that I probably don’t even comprehend. As a mom, I have never had to have “the talk” with my son ...
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Faith and Family for May 3: Jesus, the Gatekeeper

READ JN 10:1-10 Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of ...
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Faith and Family for April 26: The Road to Emmaus

READ LK 24:13-35 That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it ...
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Faith and Family for April 19: Jesus Appears to the Disciples

READ JN 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews,
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Faith and Family: The Raising of Lazarus

READ JN 11:1-45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was ...
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Faith and Family for June 30: Journey to Jerusalem

READ LK 9:51-62 When the days for Jesus' being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him.  On the way they entered a Samaritan village  to prepare for his reception ...
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Faith and Family for June 23: Loaves and Fishes

READ LK 9:11B-17 Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God, and he healed those who needed to be cured. As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve approached him and said, "Dismiss the crowd so ...
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