September 5: 15th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18 (Labor Day Weekend) Isaiah 35:4-7a (Promise of recompense, salvation, healing and joy) Psalm 146 (God sets prisoners free, opens eyes of blind,…
“Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how…
“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving” (Colossians 4:2) What is prayer but constant communication with the Lord? What is obedience but listening to…
“Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven” (Colossians 4:1). We are each appointed to the place where we are. The…
“For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality” (Colossians 3:25). I believe we sometimes think that we need…
“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is…