“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” Proverbs 9:1-6 To me, freshly baked bread is one of the best smells in the world. Even for those of us trying to stay away from “carbs,” it can... 
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 4:25-5:2 While growing up in the Catholic Church, when we complained about the various “hardships”... 
…to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. Ephesians 4:1-16 Theologian Brian... 
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. – Ephesians 3:14-21 As I look around the rather empty... 
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church recently talked about Staying Power of our Church during the Standing Rock protests. He noticed the dozens and dozens of flags flying on the reservation of the Sioux Nation to represent those standing with the water... 
In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his... 