Monday May 19: Acts 16:9-24

Tuesday May 20: Acts 16:25-40

Wednesday May 21: Psalm 67

Thursday May 22: Revelation 21:9-21

Friday May 23: Revelation 22:22-22:5

Saturday May 24: John 14:23-29

Sunday May 25: John 5:1-9

The Easter season continues with passages that show the spreading of the gospel to places the apostles, at first, did not anticipate going, and John’s extravagant vision of a new Jerusalem, with sparkly surfaces that replace the dreary current streets, and a promise of all things made new. Jesus promises his followers the gift of the Holy Spirit, who will bring peace, not the tawdry version of peace through civic control, but Christ’s own peace, which brings new life to all. Can we see beyond what is – to what God is doing among us? There’s the question for us all.