Luke 11:5-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Perseverance in Prayer 5 And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’ 7 And he answers […]
Job 6:1-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just 6 Then Job answered: 2 “O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! 3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty[a] are in me; […]
Cary Vigil for Refugees and Immigrants On the evening of March 28th, we joined together for a service of truth-telling, lamentation and empowerment to be a part of change for refugees and vulnerable immigrants. World Relief Durham, a local refugee resettlement agency, shared with us about the refugee experience and how the church can be […]
Luke 18:10-14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; […]
Luke 5:17-26 & 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Luke 5:17-26 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 17 One day, while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting near by (they had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem); and the power of the Lord was with him to […]
Genesis 1:27-31 and Romans 8:22-28 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Genesis 1:27-31 27 So God created humankind[a] in his image, in the image of God he created them;[b] male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over […]
John 4:1-30 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 4 Now when Jesus[a] learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John” 2 —although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— 3 he left Judea and started back to Galilee. 4 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to […]
Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat 24 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. […]
Matthew 7:1-14, 7:24-29 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Matthew 7:1-14 Judging Others 7 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s[a] eye, but do not notice the log […]
Matthew 6:7-21 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 7 “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “Pray then in this way: Our Father […]