1 Peter: Elected in Love
If you are feeling a heavy load, or weathering a tempest, then you will be able to resonate with something of what the first century church was enduring. Continue reading 1 Peter: Elected in Love
Author: Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer
Author of "Love Feast" and "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful"
Gospel of John: Rumor Put To Rest
You and I are not only to keep our focus on Jesus as we each individually follow him just as closely as we can, we also are to trust each other’s sensitivity to God’s guidance, and help each other the best we can Continue reading Gospel of John: Rumor Put To Rest
Gospel of John: Graze My Lambs
In the last fifty or so years great piles of ancient papyri and inscriptions have been unearthed, and the weight of the evidence support agapeo and phileo having the same power to them Continue reading Gospel of John: Graze My Lambs
Gospel of John: Feast With Me
The difference between failure and success is Jesus himself. You never know how close you are to a breakthrough. The disciples had only to throw their nets on the other side of the boat, just this one last time, when Jesus gave them the word. And their nets were more full than if they had been catching fish the whole night. Continue reading Gospel of John: Feast With Me
The Witch of Endor
This twenty-minute mutlimedia presentation explores one of the more mysterious and enigmatic women in antiquity, the Witch of Endor. Continue reading The Witch of Endor
Minor Prophets: Nahum, Comfort to Judah
Nahum and Jonah are best read side-by-side, for they offer the two sides of the same coin of God’s justice and mercy, wrath and compassion, found in the passage of scripture they both refer to in Exodus 34:6-7 Continue reading Minor Prophets: Nahum, Comfort to Judah
Gospel of John: In Between
Rites of passage mark a transition, an in-between, where we have moved from what was and entered into what will be, but as prepared as we might think we are, we are not yet good at living the new iteration. Continue reading Gospel of John: In Between
Gospel of John: Thomas Had Doubts
It was seemingly impossible for Thomas to accept Jesus’ resurrection without some empirical proof. Doubt can be a good thing, because it makes us think. Doubt is one foot lifted, poised to move forward or backward. Continue reading Gospel of John: Thomas Had Doubts
Gospel of John: Peace in the Upper Room
Now, they were all (except for Thomas—where was he?) now gathered, fearfully, in a locked room in Jerusalem, not sure what to do, when something truly hair-raising happened. Continue reading Gospel of John: Peace in the Upper Room
Gospel of John: Garden to Garden
John 20 moves backwards through Genesis 2-3, restoring each of the ruptured relationships caused by humankind’s rejection of God: the reign of death, the rule of man over woman, and the broken bond between God and humanity. Continue reading Gospel of John: Garden to Garden
