
The Waterfall of Justice
Read: Amos 5:21-24 Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (v. 24 NRSV) Years ago I paddled some whitewater rivers in the southeast. As part

Read: Amos 5:21-24 Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (v. 24 NRSV) Years ago I paddled some whitewater rivers in the southeast. As part

Read: Ezekiel 47:1-12 Water was flowing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east. (v. 1 NRSV) It rained and thundered and lightninged for almost ten hours. The

Read: Psalm 1 They are like trees planted by streams of water. (v. 3 NRSV) I was watering my new trees earlier today. A couple weeks ago I planted two

Read: Deuteronomy 8:1-10 A land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up. (v. 7 NRSV) Some years ago I took a group of college students hiking in

Read: Genesis 2:4-14 A river flows out of Eden to water the garden. (v. 10 NRSV) The Bible begins and ends with rivers and trees. Have you noticed? The Bible

Read: Genesis 1:9-13 And the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. (v. 10 NRSV) We live on what some call “The

Across the globe, baptism represents the same spiritual truth—but it often looks very different depending on where you live. Baptism is a visible sacrament of the Christian faith. When adult