Lift Up Your Hearts Podcast

Divine Intimacy (Matthew 10:26-33)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/fan_mail/new] What would it feel like for Jesus to take the time to count the hairs on your head or to know every wrinkle on your hand? Would we fear anything if we truly knew his tender care? Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/support] Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings.

Save Me, Save Only Me (Matthew 9:36-10:8)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/fan_mail/new] Jesus had pity on the people, so he commissioned the Apostles to heal the sick. Imagine with me today that you were one of the ones pitied by Jesus. This took me back to the poem The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson specifically the end of the poem when he turns around to face the hound that has been pursuing his whole life. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/support] Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings.

God's not worried about your doubt (Matthew 28:16-20)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/fan_mail/new] Ever get worried about not having it all together? The disciples didn't have it all together and that didn't stop Jesus from working through them. Pray with me as I contemplate the passage from the Gospel of Matthew about Jesus ascending into heaven. It says the disciples worshiped, but they doubted, but Jesus doesn't seem to get hung up on their doubt. He still commissions them to go into all the nations and preach the gospel, making disciples, baptizing and teaching them all he commanded them. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/support] Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings.

The Road Back to Jerusalem (Luke 24:13-35)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/fan_mail/new] We have heard the road to Emmaus and we know how it goes. But, what about the road back to Jerusalem? What were those disciples talking about on the way and when they got back? Imagine that with me this week. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/support] Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings.

I feel the same as Thomas (John 20:19-31)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/fan_mail/new] Thomas gets a bad rap, but I think I would have felt the same way. Imagine you are him or one of the other disciples and all of this has happened to you. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2231809/support] Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings.