the good news is... revealed through nonviolence READ Luke 22:47-53; Luke 23:33-38, 44-46 COMMENTARY Nonviolent Resistance The Son of Man is on a mission—to resist the powers, human and otherwise, that foment injustice and tolerate brokenness. He speaks for the poor,...

the good news is... revealed through nonviolence READ John 13:1-35 COMMENTARY He Loved Them to the End “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end” (John 13:1). Jesus’ mercy is not just unmerited—it is scandalous. I would much rather reflect...

the good news is... revealed through nonviolence READ Luke 22:47-53; Luke 23:33-38, 44-46 Revealed through Nonviolence | Lauren Wright Pitman Gouache & colored pencils on paper ARTIST STATEMENT Creating this image30 was overwhelming. I sought to capture Jesus’...

the good news is... inspiring us to act READ Mark 11:1-11 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you...

the good news is... inspiring us to act If You Hear Nothing Else, Then Hear This: You can make a fool of yourself. You can bet on the wrong thing, lose it all, unravel people’s trust. You can laugh at a funeral, curse in a church, say the wrong thing at the wrong...

the good news is... inspiring us to act READ Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Mark 11:1-11 WATCH In today’s video devotional, Rev. Anna Dickson reflects on the quiet, surprising ending to Jesus' triumphal entry: after the fanfare and palm branches, he simply returns to Bethany...

the good news is... rooted in justice, mercy, & faithfulness READ Mark 11:1-11 Palm Sunday Was a Protest | Nicolette Faison 12"x14" Acrylic, marker, paper on canvas COMMENTARY Palm Sunday Was a Protest is a sister piece to LL Cool J in that the inspiration was...

the good news is... rooted in justice, mercy, & faithfulness READ John 8:2-11 Epilogue | T. Denise Anderson 14"x18" Acrylic on canvas COMMENTARY I often wonder about the backstory of the woman from John 8:2-11. What were her circumstances? How did they “catch” her...

the good news is... rooted in justice, mercy, & faithfulness READ John 8:2-11; Matthew 23:23 COMMENTARY The Inconvenience of Mercy The inconvenience of mercy is that it’s hardly ever merited. But good grief, does Jesus talk ad nauseam about mercy in the Bible;...

the good news is... rooted in justice, mercy, & faithfulness READ John 8:2-11 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught...

the good news is... rooted in justice, mercy, & faithfulness The Things That Matter Most I wrecked the family car, an old gold minivan that had traveled every inch of I-95. It had worn cushions and an old school map in the glove box. It held a folder full of mix...

the good news is... rooted in justice, mercy & faithfulness READ John 8:2-11 WATCH In today’s video devotional, Rev. Lucy Crain reflects on the story from John's Gospel as a Lenten invitation to self-examination -- urging us to resist judgment, acknowledge our...

the good news is... protection & care for the vulnerable READ Matthew 19:13-15 Let the Little Children Come | Carmelle Beaugelin Caldwell 11"x14" Acrylic, gold leaf, pen, on paper ARTIST STATEMENT For my little niece, Angelina, whose art rests at the heart of this...

the good news is... protection & care for the vulnerable READ Matthew 19:13-15; Deuteronomy 24:17-22 COMMENTARY For the Children For children, we would do anything. Children are the closest thing to a miracle in most of our modern human lives. They are blessings...

the good news is... protection & care for the vulnerable For the Sake of Tiny Resurrections We took the kids to the beach, a herd of children lathered in sunscreen. We spent most of the day building sandcastles, swimming in the shallows, wiping sand off their...

the good news is... protection & care for the vulnerable READ Matthew 19:13-15 Jesus Blesses Little Children Then children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them, but...

the good news is... protection & care for the vulnerable Unwritten Agreement We have this unwritten agreement, us members of humanity. When the toddler at the coffee shop runs round the corner, when her mom, at the register, looks up in panic, we, the adults in...

the good news is... protection & care for the vulnerable READ Deuteronomy 24:17-22; Matthew 19:13-15  WATCH In today’s video devotional, Rev. Lewis Galloway discusses how Jesus blessing the children becomes a lens for reflecting on God's habit of reversing human...

the good news is... great love for God and neighbor READ Matthew 25:35-40 See You | T. Denise Anderson 14"x18" Acrylic on Canvas ARTIST STATEMENT Throughout Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus uses diminutive language to refer to people of importance7 and describes small, humble...

the good news is... great love for God and neighbor READ Luke 7:36-50 LL Cool J | Nicolette Faison 12"x24" Acrylic, marker, paper collage on canvas ARTIST STATEMENT Ladies love Cool Jesus. For real. Women absolutely loved Jesus, and the woman with the alabaster jar is...

the good news is... great love for God and neighbor READ Luke 7:36-50; Matthew 25:35-40 COMMENTARY Fierce Love How fiercely does God love? Let me tell you a Galilean story. Simon, a Pharisee, a religious man who lives his life according to God’s laws, invites Jesus...

the good news is... great love for God and neighbor READ Luke 7:36-50 Romans 5:1-11 A Sinful Woman Forgiven One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and when he went into the Pharisee’s house he reclined to dine. And a woman in the city who was a sinner,...

the good news is... great love for God and neighbor If God Lived Next Door If God lived next door, I’d drop off a loaf of bread. I’d use my mom’s best recipe. I’d wrap it in parchment and ribbon and place it on the front stoop. If God lived next door, I’d leave a note...

the good news is... great love for God and neighbor READ Romans 5:1-11; Luke 7:36-50 WATCH In today’s video devotional, Rev. Anna Dickson reflects on the woman who interrupts a Pharisee's dinner to anoint Jesus with tears and costly perfume, crossing every social and...

the good news is... together, the impossible is possible READ Ephesians 3:20-21 Far More Abundantly | Lauren Wright Pittman  Hand-carved block printed with oil-based ink on paper with gold leaf detail ARTIST STATEMENT I read this Ephesians text alongside the feeding...

the good news is... together, the impossible is possible READ Mark 6:32-44 Scarce Abundance | Hannah Garrity 18"x18" Paper lace and watercolor ARTIST STATEMENT In this account from Mark, Jesus had compassion.14 This word, splagchnizomai in Greek, comes from the root...

the good news is... together, the impossible is possible READ Mark 6:32-44; Ephesians 3:20-21 COMMENTARY God Doesn’t Start with the Problem The early days of planting my church, Jubilee, 12 and the early days of motherhood were one and the same for me. They were days...

the good news is... together, the impossible is possible READ Mark 6:32-44 And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he...

the good news is... together, the impossible is possible Surely, This Must Be It  Everyone has a job. I wash the potatoes, filling the sink with slivers of potato peel. You brine the turkey, hovering by the oven all afternoon. Someone sets the table, taking care to...

the good news is... together, the impossible is possible READ Psalm 23; Mark 6:32-44 WATCH In today’s video devotional, Lucy Baum reflects on Jesus’ compassion for the crowd and the surprising abundance that unfolds in a deserted place. While the disciples see only...