There is an exuberant confidence that we hear in the Easter stories of the disciples as they begin to preach the Gospel to the earliest communities that would listen to the Good News. The power to heal and to be released from imprisonment tempered with the rejection and adversity that comes along with delivering the message is well documented in the Acts of the Apostles. …

Where do you go to get your food?  We are being forced in our present circumstances, with stay-at-home orders and the closing of restaurants, to find new ways to obtain the food we need to eat.  Some restaurants are providing curbside service as well as delivery options to homes. …

The one who comes from above is above all.
The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.

The association is usually the sky above and the earth below.  Yet, how far is the sky from the earth? …

“Go and take your place in the temple area,
and tell the people everything about this life.”  

These are the instructions (ACTS 5: 17-26) from the angel who has come in the night and frees the apostles from a locked prison cell that we hear in the account from the Acts of the Apostles today. …

With great power the Apostles bore witness
to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus

What does it mean to witness or to bear witness?  Nowadays, we seem to default to the legal context for witnessing, i.e., providing testimony of facts regarding an observed situation. …