The Unionists

A scene (mostly) without Jesus... yet how He haunts the minds of its inhabitants!

A slow and steady walk through "Pre-Easter."

What it looked and sounded like as Jesus came walking through Jericho, on His way toward the cross.

How the alive, resurrected Jesus impacts our operating "schema."

A week where our chronological walkthrough (into Matthew 20) coincided beautifully with the Church-calendar.

Romans 8 and Luke 18 on an all-important, and often mysterious, subject.

One of the most glorious statements imaginable!

Teachings on life, forgiveness, faith, obedience; plus an object lesson, en route, on the glory of gratitude.

In Luke 16, Jesus really makes us think, wonder, and (perhaps) feel a bit uncomfortable.

Three invitations to the "Party" that is His finding us.

The conclusion of the dinner party, and a teaching as Jesus begins walking off.

Yet again, a spiritual lesson in the presence of its living ("healable") metaphor. 

What a glorious scene -- and tie-in -- during Jesus' last Hanukkah in the Temple.

For New Years 2026, James 1 gives us an image by which to unlock part of Luke 13.

How Mary, welcoming His first coming, teaches us how to await His Second.

Jesus, interrupted once again, revisits our interactions with money, possessions, our future, and anxiety.

A dinner party where Jesus grows fiery, the religious leaders furious, and where we're offered an inverse glimpse of what His heart wants for us.

An interesting pairing of events.... paired with a passage from Paul's second letter to Timothy.

"Praying our way through" a very familiar prayer.

Coming at the end of Luke 10 from a slightly different angle...

A consideration of Luke 10's send-out of the Seventy, paying attention to how the flesh and Spirit hear such words differently.

Back and forth between David's words, and the Son of David's from John 10.

Taking a very familiar narrative... and reminding ourselves of the story of our "spiritual sight."

Imagining the reality of John 8 through that woman's eyes.

Three interactions on the southward journey, as well as a series of statements made in the Temple during this Feast week.

Taking a parable out of the parabolic and making it (all too!) real.

Upon arriving back to Capernaum, Jesus has an extended lesson for His friends.

Three contiguous narratives, each in its own way highlighting the conscious endeavor To Believe.

Jesus, on the "sacred mount," allowing His friends a glimpse of His heavenly glory.

The point-counterpoint of Peter's confession and, then, rebuke of Jesus' plan.

The "blind man of Bethsaida" and Peter's confession, back to back

Watching a religious confrontation with Jesus, and how it points out a few of our old human habits...

In light of Ephesians 3, a reminder of how high, how holy, how honoring is our call to minister for the sake of Jesus.

What does it mean to hope past hope; to take Jesus "at face value"?

A stark contrast between the Pharisees' deep religious concern... and the freedom of the Spirit of Jesus.

The JOY of being ARRESTED by the words of Jesus.

Learning to trust that, no matter our sense of separation, He is always Immanuel.

How does seeing How He's Done It give us vision for trusting Him As He's Doing It?

How to meet every day (even unto death) as we learn what it means to meet Jesus.

Three perspectives on that Friday-to-Sunday, and seven ecstatic New Covenant realities.

We don't know what to do with Jesus... but He always knew what He was planning to do for us, with us, and in us.

How it felt to be sent out, two by two, and the instructions with which they were sent.

What does it mean for us to follow in these particular Footsteps?

The overwhelming ability of Jesus to be present to all -- and the very same call on our lives.

Five different perspectives on the experience of a man no longer "Legion."

A Philippians 4 "lesson" and then its "lived metaphor."

Delighting in the beauty and "memorableness" of His wondrous parables, from Matthew 13 and Mark 4.

The approach of two different "approaches" to Jesus in Matthew 12.

Watching an argument break out through the eyes of a man just healed.

Luke 8:1-3 invites us into a deeper, wider conversation.