This year we are reading through the gospels one chapter at a time, we have just begun Matthew again. One of the great opportunities we get in reading through a text more than once is that we begin to see things that might not have stood out to us before, especially when we look at things... Continue Reading →

Isn’t it interesting that in this exchange between Jesus and Peter, Jesus uses shepherding language to a fisherman.   In Matt. 4:19, Jesus gives Peter the call to “fish for people.”  Here in John 21, we see Jesus change, or better yet expand, Peter’s call to include shepherding.  This is a challenge in today’s church,... Continue Reading →