Reading: Genesis 21: 8-21 Verse 10: “She said to Abraham, ‘Get rid of that slave woman and her son'”. Several years after Sarah and Abraham took matters into their own hands, preempting God’s plan, God fulfills his promise to them. Ishmael had been born several years ago and he is now a young boy at the time that Isaac is born. In the story that we read today and tomorrow, there are a lot of emotions flying around. As we have observed over the last few months, this isn’t alwa

Reading: John 14: 15-21 Verse 21: “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me”. If I only had one word to describe God or Jesus it would be “love”. A one word description is woefully short, but all of God’s teachings and actions, all of Jesus’ too, can be traced back to love. Just as a one word description is left wanting, we have two earthly models that describe divine love. Marriage gives us a small glimpse into the love of Jesus for his church and p