Jesus in Ephesians
Our gateway today leads to the United States Mint. Abundant riches can be found beyond this gate. So also, when we open the book of Ephesians, we see that God’s abundant riches are freely available to us, through…
Rabbi – Messiah
Our land is ancient Israel. We are the Jewish nation. We’re living in the time of the Roman occupation. We’re looking for Messiah to come and be our King, as we daily live our lives; simple and hard-working.…
Jesus in Galatians
The region of Galatia was located in today's central area of modern-day Turkey. The Apostle Paul had traveled throughout the region of Galatia preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ: Jesus has come from Heaven! Jesus has broken…
Breaking up the Ground
It is a lot of work to break ground for a new garden plot! Especially if your tools are just a shovel and a hoe. 30 minutes into shoveling, your legs begin to feel like jelly. You realize…
Jesus in 2 Corinthians
Our beautiful arched gateway today is leading us to a church worship center. We are still in the same region as yesterday … warm breezes and palm trees. But today’s gateway is overcast and cloudy. The book of…
Broken … but not beyond Hope
Back in 2018 I received a small cactus as a gift from a dear friend. The place where we were living at the time did not receive much sunlight, so as a result the cactus grew tall and…
Jesus in 1 Corinthians
Today we see a beautiful arched gateway … leading from one area of a lovely shopping center to another. What a wonderful place. Palm trees and sunshine! Warm gentle breezes! The city of Corinth was much like our…
Living with the Tension
Most of us grew up taking some sort of music lessons. For me, my instrument of choice was the violin, of which I became quite fond. I was never very good, but I did truly enjoy playing it.…
Jesus in Romans
Today’s gateway arch is reminiscent of a Roman-era Triumphal Arch. This particular gateway arch spans a major thoroughfare in a prominent capital city of Europe. And so we come to the book of Romans. We have seen already…
Make More Room!
It’s almost garden-planting time! So off we went to Home Depot to get a few seeds. Our garden plot is small, so we only needed a few seeds. I stood there … in front of the seed display…