Luke brings us the story of Jesus’ anointing. I’m not sure why Luke chooses to bring us this story now. Maybe it is because he is going to talk about the women accompanying Jesus next. I’ll leave the “why now” to the Holy Spirit and simply go with the flow. The woman in our story […]
We pick up our reading today in Luke right after John the Baptist’s disciples leave. They have gone back to John to report the things Jesus has shown and told them. Jesus made sure they had plenty of first hand evidence to bring back to John. Now He addresses the crowd and talks to them […]
In today’s reading we are going to be looking at John the Baptist. He was the one sent before Jesus to prepare the way. John probably had certain expectations and hopes for what would happen when Jesus finally stepped into the limelight. He was ecstatic when he baptized Jesus and received a direct sign from […]
Luke brings us a story today that is unique to his gospel account. This one is very touching and I want to tell it from the mother’s perspective. I want to name our mother Tabitha and the son John Paul. John Paul is a local farmer. He took over the family farm when his father […]
We get to hear Luke’s account of the centurion and his servant today. Luke gives us more details than Matthew did. Luke shares that Jesus was met by two groups in the process of the servant’s healing. Both groups were sent by the centurion and came in his name, bringing Jesus his request. I want […]