The Light

Today’s author is Prince of Peace member, Gary Olson.Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews, met with Jesus at night. I presume he had questions. He was met by the mysterious presence of God on earth. Nicodemus’ opening comment was he knew Jesus was a teacher from God....

God’s Love Is Not Quantified

Today’s author is Prince of Peace’s Intentional Interim, Rev. Steve Sylvester. One of my pet peeves is the confusion of number and amount.  For example, I often hear that “a lot of people are annoyed by grammar geeks.”  A lot refers to quantity,...

A Theological Puzzle (or Not)

Today’s author is Prince of Peace member, Scott Tunseth. The end of the text that was read in worship this past Sunday is a bit puzzling. In fact, I decided not to preach on these verses (John 2:23-25) at all. It’s not that they are impossible to decipher; they...

The Lamb of God

Today’s author is Prince of Peace Member, Scott Tunseth. We are working our way through the Gospel of John in this fourth year of the Narrative Lectionary. One of the interesting threads in John’s Gospel is his focus on Jesus as the Lamb of God. That name for...

Turn the Tables

Today’s author is Prince of Peace’s Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. “Jesus Cleanses the Temple,” which is the common heading for yesterday’s Scripture passage, is FAR too weak.  In observance of The Passover, Jewish pilgrims travelled to...

Powerful Disciples

Today’s author is Prince of Peace member, Paul Sponheim. For this second devotion on the Wedding in Cana, we are still focused on the final verse in John 2: “This the first of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and his disciples believed in...