I pretty much wanted to ask that question every week last summer. I wish I remembered everyone I’ve ever had at camp (or met in real life), but I don’t. Remembering campers the second year is painful. I’d like to see you remember 200+ names and faces a year later, cause you never know who … Continue reading Uhhh…Do I Know You? (Matthew 25-26)

I remember reading these parts at camp specifically because of their heavy-nature-serious-ness feeling during morning meeting being suppressed because suddenly there are awake energetic children. The seven woes are always a little confusing to me because they’re written not in today’s language. But this time I think I got a semi-decent handle on them. So here is my attempt at … Continue reading The Heavy Stuff (Matthew 23-24)

Sometimes I wonder how many times have I sung a worship song saying “I will go” or “send me to the world” or something else along those lines. I know it’s a lot because I pull one out every “mission Sunday”. Then I wonder if I’ve actually gone as many times as I said I would. Unfortunately, I … Continue reading The Power of Words (Matthew 21-22)

And the three post catch-up begins…and trying to follow the “shorter-length” rules. This passage reminded me about the various things that we do as followers of Jesus. The centre of the passage has the “Rich Young Man” who follows the law, but is told that he must give away everything he has and follow Jesus … Continue reading Contentment (Matthew 19-20)

Whenever I try and imagine what the transfiguration looked like, I always end up imagining something like in the “reveal” scenes from Touched By and Angel. However, I’m 98% sure none of you know that show since its 10 years old, so here’s a picture. Basically they suddenly have light shinning around them….I couldn’t find a … Continue reading The Overflow (Matthew 17-18)

Jesus dealt with some pretty unsavoury people (in the eyes of the reader and the eyes of someone at the time). He could have easily said at many times during his life that he didn’t want to associate with the “sinners” or even the regular citizens when he was tired, but he continues to have compassion on them. … Continue reading Compassionate Teaching (Matthew 15-16)

In Matthew 13 we see the return of “the kingdom of heaven” that was spoken about earlier in the chapter. I love how when Jesus explains things to the people and tells his parables, he uses things that they can understand and relate to. Lots of times I find myself referring to memories of the … Continue reading Kingdom Focus (Matthew 13-14)

Disclaimer: I was slightly confused by the line and wanted to make sure I was right and asked my dad about it. My mind is churning with things, and I tried to spit some of it out as I’m processing. Hopefully it will make sense. Wisdom is justified by her deeds – Matt. 11:19 I’ve … Continue reading Wisdom is Justified by Her Deeds (Matthew 11-12)

This month my church has been Praying for the Harvest along with a bunch of other churches across Canada, so I wasn’t surprised that the passages about said harvest stood out to me today. I think what gets me about Matthew 9:35-38 is just that it comes after all these amazing things Jesus is doing. It’s like … Continue reading Working for the Harvest (Matthew 9-10)

To be honest, fitting these two chapters together in my mind is not working well, so here is my convoluted thought process. Hope you can follow it? These passages stand out to me to be talking about two things, being a child of God, and the ministry of Jesus. 1. Children of God As children of God, … Continue reading Children of the Narrow Way (Matthew 7-8)

Preface: there was just a lot of stuff in here, so I’m not going to go in depth on every single point…Thats like 13 sermons (at least) at once. No. When I was first reading through, I noted that chapter 5 tells all about these things you should just do, and then suddenly chapter 6 is all … Continue reading Glory “on Display” (Matthew 5-6)

Moving on from yesterday, God is continuing to have a hand in the events unfolding as John “prepares the way of the Lord” (3:3 cf Isaiah 40:3). Usually I focus on the second half of Matthew 3 where Jesus is baptized because it is A. pretty cool and B. has the trinity all mentioned in … Continue reading The Kingdom is at Hand (Matthew 3-4)

So many things stand out for me in this passage for various reasons (the primary one being we studied this book at camp last year). So…..I’m just going to go for it. To be honest, when I sat down to read this, I thought I already knew what I would blog about. I love the genealogy of … Continue reading Part of the Story (Matthew 1-2)