Eye-Opening Worship & Prayer Luke 9:28-43a (NRSV)   Today is Transfiguration Sunday, which concludes the season of Epiphany. GCI typically follows the lectionary, which means this year, which is Year C in a three-year cycle, we have the option of revisiting the story of the Transfiguration as recorded in Luke’s Gospel. The story is found

Pressed Down and Shaken Together Luke 6:27-38 ESV   Malcom Muggeridge, a British journalist who came to Christ at the peak of his secular career, was forever changed by his time with Mother Theresa. He talked about her order coming to start a ministry in London, which happened to be during a labor strike in

The Blessed Poor Luke 6:17-19,20-26   When you think of the poor, who comes to mind?  Perhaps you think of someone who is homeless.  Or, maybe someone on a street corner asking for change?  Maybe you thought of one of those commercials featuring starving children in some distant land?  Does anyone you know come to

Put Out into the Deep Water Luke 5:1-11 ESV   You may have grown up with them in your town: The factory workers and trades people after a long shift, headed home with their lunch pails and hard hats.  They were blowing off steam, cracking their knuckles, stopping for a smoke.  As kids, we watched