Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 22:30; 23:6–11 There are nights when courage is gone. We feel weak. We feel overwhelmed. The heart is tired. The mind cannot rest. It is simply too much. Too many voices. Too much pressure. Too many accusations. Too many eyes watching. ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 20:28–38 Sometimes one sentence can change a life. A sentence that enters the heart and does not leave. Paul knew this. On the road to Damascus, when he was still breathing threats, when he was still hunting the disciples of Jesus, he heard one sentence: ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 20:17–27 There are words we say only when goodbye is near. They are not casual words. They are not small talk. They come from a heart that has loved, served, suffered, and now must let go. Paul knows this. ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Acts 19:1–8 Ephesus was a great city. Busy streets. Many gods. Many voices. Many promises. People came there to trade, to worship, to search, to survive. And into that city came Paul. There he met twelve disciples. They were sincere. They believed something. They had received the baptism of John. ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1–11; Ephesians 1:17–23; Matthew 28:16–20 It begins on a mountain in Galilee. The eleven are there. They have come far with Jesus. They have heard him. Followed him. Failed him. Seen him risen. Now they stand before him once more. And Matthew tells us something very honest: ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 18:23–28 Apollos is impressive. He is intelligent. He speaks well. He knows the Scriptures. He is passionate. He is on fire. And yet, he still needs help. That is what makes this reading so real. Because many people are like that. ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 18:9–18; John 16:20–23 What is trust? Whom do you trust? When life does not go the way you imagined, do you have someone to lean on? Sharing the story of Jesus does not always move along smooth roads. Very often, it moves through rejection. ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle Acts 1:15–17, 20–26; John 15:9–17 We know almost nothing about Matthias. He is not one of the famous names. He does not stand out in the Gospel story. He does not speak any recorded words. And yet, he is chosen. That already says something important. ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 Paul arrives in Athens and sees a city full of idols. Temples. Altars. Statues. Religion everywhere. And yet, something is wrong. Because a city can be full of religion and still be far from the living God. ...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Acts 16:22–34 Most of us do not pray like Paul and Silas. If we were beaten, humiliated, thrown into prison, and locked in the dark, we would probably panic. We would think about the future. We would replay the injustice. We would ask, “What will happen to me now?” ...