For the session to be discussed on April 28, 2024 Acts 8:26-40 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze In today’s story, Philip is driven by the Spirit of God to go south from Jerusalem to Gaza. Along the path, he comes across, and I’m quoting verse 27, an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians…

For the session to be discussed on April 21, 2024 Acts 4:1-12 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman David Adams After the healing of a man in desperate need, John and Peter are hauled before the Sanhedrin to defend themselves. Daniel Glaze comments, “So much of the Book of Acts is about the Spirit of God that cannot be contained. An early Chris…

For the session to be discussed on April 14, 2024 Acts 3:12-19 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd In the opening of Acts 3, we find Peter and John heading to afternoon prayer. Fresh off of Pentecost and the influx of the Holy Spirit, Peter encounters a lame man begging for alms – who is healed. The healing was pr…

For the session to be discussed on April 7, 2024 Acts 4:32-35 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd In the light of Jesus death and resurrection, with the hope we now have, how shall we now live? With the hope of resurrection, should we live a different life? What does it look like to live as a people of hope? Does the world ne…

For the session to be discussed on March 31, 2024 Acts 10:34-43 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd What does resurrection mean to you? Where do you see resurrection in your everyday life? Where does God’s salvation extend into our world even today? And what does that look like? For this Easter session, we take a look at a pa…

For the session to be discussed on March 24, 2024 Psalm 31:9-16 Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd This psalm encourages us to understand how we too have felt weak at times and to recall how we found strength in God. With so much going on in the world, we can easily run out of energy. Yet, Psalm 32 reminds us that God is with …

For the session to be discussed on March 17, 2024 Psalm 119:9-16 Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd Today’s psalm reminds us that we are to seek God with our whole heart. By treasuring God’s word in our hearts, we are better able to avoid the traps of sin, which can be understood as things that are less than ideal for us to li…

For the session to be discussed on March 10, 2024 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze The call to community seems both simple and valuable, as this psalm recognizes. But what does it mean to be in community? How can community be healthy or abusive? For Christian community, what centers us and calls us tog…

For the session to be discussed on March 3, 2024 Psalm 19 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze Today’s psalm is a testament to the creator found in all of nature as well as the guiding word of God. Psalm 19 is believed to be two separate poems from two different authors. Verses 1 through 6 represent a musical poem that reveals…

For the session to be discussed on February 25, 2024 Psalm 22:19-31 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd David Adams Today we discuss a psalm that reminds us that, when things were at their worst, God came through in such a way as to astound everyone who might hear of it. This is a good word for us. It can be so easy to become pessimistic …