Erin Campbell Naman Galatians 3:23-29   “Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed.  Therefore, the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.  But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and [...]

Making Room Again Shelby Olive Galatians 2:15-21 15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not gentile sinners, 16 yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law. 17 But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to [...]

Jenna Lindley Galatians 1:11-24;  NRSV 11 For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; 12 for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more [...]

Edith Nordloh Galatians 1:1-5 (NRSV) 1 Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—2 and all the brothers and sisters with me, to the churches in Galatia: 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Reflection: Do you know who you are? Do you [...]

Rev. Michelle Manuel and Shelby Olive Friends, this summer we are traveling with Paul. Many of us have some vacations or downtime planned and we thought that it’s only right that we bring Paul along. Paul, the author of much of the New Testament, traveled quite a bit. He seemed to be constantly on the move (except when he was in prison, and even then his pen was ‘on the move’ writing many of his letters).  A big part of my job is to study the Bible and subsequently I have studied a lot of Paul. For anyone who’s [...]

Rev. Michelle Manuel and Shelby Olive Friends, this summer we are traveling with Paul. Many of us have some vacations or downtime planned and we thought that it’s only right that we bring Paul along. Paul, the author of much of the New Testament, traveled quite a bit. He seemed to be constantly on the move (except when he was in prison, and even then his pen was ‘on the move’ writing many of his letters).  A big part of my job is to study the Bible and subsequently I have studied a lot of Paul. For anyone who’s [...]