Posts by Michele Crater
Matthew Paul Turner
Matthew Paul turner is the beloved children’s author of When God Made You, When God Made Light, All The Colors of Christmas, and more. His upcoming book, What Is God Like? was co-written posthumously with Rachel Held Evans. Check it out!
Read MoreForgiven
April 27, 2021 DAILY READING 1 Corinthians 15:19-28 Psalm 114 FIELD NOTES John Wesley, in his sermon, The Repentance of Believers, says this: “Continue to believe in him that loved thee and gave himself for thee, that bore all thy sins in his own body on the tree; and he saveth thee from all condemnation…And when…
Read MoreHope
April 26, 2021 DAILY READING 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Psalm 114 FIELD NOTES Paul implores us that the resurrection is real. If it weren’t real he says, what is the point? What is the point of church? Of Bible study? All of this that we call Christianity, what is the point if the resurrection didn’t happen? We have to live…
Read MoreThe Call of the Fishermen (Dr. Jim Hughes)
This week’s preacher: Dr. Jim Hughes. We continue our series on the people of Jesus called “Kindred Hearts.” This series is the last in our year-long focus on intentional discipleship called “Walking with Jesus.” Learn how you can be more intentional in your walk with Jesus at bumc.net/journey. Our Scripture reading: Mark 1:16-20
Read MoreThe Call of the Fishermen (Rev. Shelby Slowey)
This week’s preacher: Rev. Shelby Slowey. We continue our series on the people of Jesus called “Kindred Hearts.” This series is the last in our year-long focus on intentional discipleship called “Walking with Jesus.” Learn how you can be more intentional in your walk with Jesus at bumc.net/journey. Our Scripture reading: Mark 1:16-20
Read MorePushing Back Against Death
April 24, 2021 DAILY READING Matthew 8:18-22 FIELD NOTES So often it seems, we give up too soon, weary from our work that bears so little results. So often, we forget that Jesus, who has called us, is the one who also empowers us. We forget that Jesus brings forth a bounty of fish so large, his…
Read MoreThe Spirit
April 23, 2021 DAILY READING 2 Corinthians 10:7-11 FIELD NOTES “When we attribute the Christian life from beginning to end to the Holy Spirit, we are indexing our lives to a divine personal agent who is capable of speaking, confronting, comforting, inspiring, encouraging, empowering, purifying, and the like. Moreover, in referring to the Holy Spirit,…
Read MoreI’m Delighted With You
April 22, 2021 DAILY READING 1 Corinthians 4:8-13 FIELD NOTES “The whole Christian gospel could be summed up in this point: that when the living God looks at us, at every baptized and believing Christian, he says to us what he said to Jesus on the day of his baptism. He sees us, not as…
Read MoreBehind the Veil
April 21, 2021 DAILY READING Mark 9:14-29 FIELD NOTES In his modern classic, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, scholar N.T. Wright says this: “Jesus is, at the moment, present with us, but hidden behind that invisible veil which keeps heaven and earth apart, and which we pierce in those moments, such as prayer, the sacraments, the…
Read MoreBe Prepared
April 20, 2021 DAILY READING 2 Corinthians 9:1-5 FIELD NOTES If Davis called with a job that only you could do, would you be prepared to do it? Are you ready to serve others at any time? On the rare occasion my wife and child are both out of the house, and I find myself home…
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