Keeping Courage

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown That night the Lord stood near him and said, “Keep up your courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also in Rome.” Acts 23:11 Paul definitely needed to keep up his...

Beating and Breaking the Bounds

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown “‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven?’” Acts 1:11 Today is Ascension Day, a feast we would not celebrate if we did not have the Acts of the Apostles. There are many ways that we can think...

What You Have Seen and Heard

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown “The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear his own voice; for you will be his witness to all the world of what you have seen and heard.” Acts 22:14-15 These...

Facing Jerusalem

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” Acts 21:13 Like Jesus before him, Paul has...

St. Jameses

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown “In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak,remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Acts 20:35 In my...