
The Rev. Beth Knowlton
Sep 10, 20252 min read
God’s Preference for Wholeness
“All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying,...

“All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying,...

“Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true...

“Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her...

“Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive...

Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, `What should I do, for I have no...

“As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith,...

As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She...

Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written...

“The Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He...

But Elijah went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It...

O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual...

“O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us...

“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have...

“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone...

“O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name,...

“Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were...

“Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let...

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for...

“Then the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the...

Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said...
