The Barefoot Evangelist

Powered by
WordPress

  • Sunday Reflection – July 14, 2024

    Jesus’ message accepted by strangers but not family friends Mark 6 14  Jesus became so well-known that Herod the ruler heard about him. Some people thought he was John the Baptist, who had come back to life with the power to work miracles. 15 Others thought he was Elijah or some other prophet who had lived long ago. 16 But when Herod heard…

  • Sunday Reflection – July 7, 2024

    Jesus’ message accepted by strangers but not family friends Mark 6 Jesus left and returned to his hometown with his disciples. 2 The next Sabbath he taught in the synagogue. Many of the people who heard him were amazed and asked, “How can he do all this? Where did he get such wisdom and the power to work these…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus comes home (July 7th)

    Read Mark 6:1-13 with your family. It’s great when you have your friends and family and church support you, but not everyone has that experience. Jesus didn’t have that experience. Jesus visited his mom and his brothers and sisters one time, but the people in the synagogue were not as happy to see him as…

  • Sunday Reflection – June 30, 2024

    Jairus’ daughter and the woman with a hemorrhage Mark 5 21 Once again Jesus got into the boat and crossed Lake Galilee. Then as he stood on the shore, a large crowd gathered around him. 22 The person in charge of the synagogue was also there. His name was Jairus, and when he saw Jesus, he went over to him.…

  • Kids Korner: Jairus’ daughter (June 30th)

    Read Mark 5:21-43 with your family. Jairus’ daughter is one of the few stories in the entire Bible that is about a little girl. Her father was an important person in the synagogue, and he knew enough about Jesus to ask for help. Along the way to Jairus’ house, another woman stopped Jesus and asked…

  • Sunday Reflection – Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024

    Jesus and Nicodemus John 3 There was a man named Nicodemus who was a Pharisee and a Jewish leader. 2 One night he went to Jesus and said, “Rabbi, we know that God has sent you to teach us. You could not work these miracles, unless God were with you.” 3 Jesus replied, “I tell you for certain that…

  • Kids Korner: Trinity Sunday (May 26th)

    Read John 3:1-17 with your family. The Sunday after Pentecost every year is called Trinity Sunday. That is the day we stop to think about how we as Christians understand our relationship with God. The early Greek Christians wanted to explain everything. The Hebrew Christians were happy with seeing God in social action and including…

  • Sunday Reflection – Pentecost, May 19, 2024

    Welcoming the Holy Spirit Acts 2 On the day of Pentecost all the Lord’s followers were together in one place. 2 Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house where they were meeting. 3 Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue came…

  • Kids Korner: Pentecost (May 19th)

    Read Acts 2:1-21 with your family. The day of Pentecost is a celebration for our faith community. It is the day we know the Holy Spirit came to the people. The early followers of Jesus didn’t have him in his human body to follow and talk with anymore. What they had instead was the energy…

  • Sunday Reflection – May 12, 2024

    Saying goodbye Luke 24 44 Jesus said to them, “While I was still with you, I told you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Books of the Prophets, and in the Psalms had to happen.” 45 Then he helped them understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them: The Scriptures say that the Messiah must suffer,…