Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Isaiah

Isaiah 6: A Burning Coal

The seraph touched my mouth with it and said, “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” Isaiah 6:7 (NRSV)

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Hebrews

Hebrews: Living and Active

as I look at the pages of my Bible, reading the English words there, inert, typed on paper, I wonder, “How is this living and active?”

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Gospel of John

Gospel of John: Quality of Love

This is a good saying for you and me: conviction, not condemnation, confession, not contempt.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Gospel of John

Gospel of John: Bear Much Fruit

Cleansing and pruning are not God’s punitive correction, rather they are God’s wisdom at work, creating within us the character, and developing within us the capacity to bear much fruit.