Love God
Love Neighbor

Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter 40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 41 And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, 42 for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. 43 And there was a woman who had had a

You Cannot Serve God and Safety Luke 8:22-39  One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.”  So they set out, and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are

On Seeds, Sheep, and Fears Read: Luke 8: 4-21 It was a simple farm story.  Jesus’s listeners, in a highly-agrarian society, would have understood the set-up easily.  A farmer throws out seed.  Some of it gets eaten by birds.  Some of it gets choked by thorns that grow up.  Some of it falls on rocky ground.  Some of it manages to grow into a healthy crop.  Simple. But Jesus’s disciples knew better.  Jesus was