The Road to Emmaus | Luke 24:13-24

We’re spending our summer months looking at the Psalms of Ascent. These were psalms that were sung by the people of God as they traveled from their homes to the city of Jerusalem in order to participate in the annual feasts and celebrations. But these songs were more than just a“playlist” for the journey. Notes

Today, we want to discuss another grace gift given to us in prayer; the gift of lament. When we utilize this gift, we give voice to our pain, grief, struggle and in so doing we’re able to tap into the rich reservoir of God’s grace in our time of need. And we’re reminded that grace…

We’ve been looking at the Gospel of Luke.  In doing so, we are considering the life of Jesus as one who graciously reached out to those in need.  Today we’re going to look at a story about a centurion and his faith.  Notes

As Mark noted a few weeks ago, we’re using this time between Easter Sunday and AscensionSunday to examine the “Stories of the Kingdom” found in the book of Acts. In doing so, we’reconsidering how many of these stories reflect ideas spoken of by Jesus in His kingdom parables. Notes

There is an old story of a father who took his young son out and stood him on the railing of the porch. He then went down and encouraged the little fella to jump into his arms, maintaining he would catch him.  And after a lot of coaxing, the little boy finally made the leap….

     The Psalmist begins by lifting his eyes. But where the writer of Psalm 121 looks to the hills, the author of our passage sets his gaze higher, to the one enthroned in the heavens. He looks to the one who, as Isaiah says, dwells on a high and holy place, but also with the…