Emily Parke Chase
How long has it been since you read the entire gospel of Luke? Has this Advent season offered an opportunity to familiarize yourself again with this account of Jesus’ life? Christmas is not a happy season for everyone. For some, the holiday brings thoughts of a loved one who died in December. Or perhaps it …
Read More Adevent 2025 – Day 17Welcome once again to Advent 2025. Today we are Luke chapter 16. Luke was not an eyewitness to all the events of Jesus’ life, but he interviewed eyewitnesses. He must have also interviewed “ear”-witnesses, because he gives us so many parables and lessons that are unique to his gospel. This chapter records Jesus telling two …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 16Only ten more days until Christmas! I hope you will continue with us until we complete the entire gospel of Luke! Have you ever reached for your wallet to pay for those Christmas gifts and discovered your purse was empty, your wallet gone. You look around frantically. You strive to remember where you last saw …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 15Take a seat and slow down for a moment while we continue our Advent adventure in Luke 14 today. Once again, Jesus is teaching and telling stories. And once again, two unique parables appear in this chapter, stories not found in the other gospels. Can you identify them? Today, however, we will focus on the …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 14The Christmas story is unfolding as we progress through Advent. Today you will find us in Luke, chapter 13. Did your parents ever tell you stories before bedtime? My mother read me stories by Thornton Burgess, a series of books that each featured a different animal in the forest and meadow. Reddy Fox tried to …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 13We are halfway through Advent already! Thank you for continuing to visit with me here. Have you found it helpful to read a chapter of Luke each day? In Chapter 12, we find three parables that are all unique to Luke’s gospel. One of them is about the faithful servants being ready and alert when …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 12As Christmas draws nearer, have you been praying for your family gatherings? Some people love the holidays, but others dread the prospect of being cooped up with relatives. Advent offers an opportunity for prayer and preparation for those holiday gatherings. In Luke 11, Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray. Have you ever looked at …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 11Welcome back to another Advent thought from Luke’s gospel. Do you remember being a child at Christmas and poking at gifts under the tree, asking questions like, “Is this the Lego set I wanted?” or “Is there a doll or a truck in that box?” Luke 10 is also full of questions. A man approaches …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 10Christmas is coming, and we are celebrating Advent by reading the gospel of Luke. Today, let’s see what Luke 9 tells us. In this chapter, Peter, James and John followed Jesus up the mountain and saw him transfigured before their eyes. His face gleamed and his body glowed with his original heavenly glory. Did you …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 9Ready for another peek into Luke’s gospel? How will chapter 8 relate to Advent and to our lives today? Luke 8 contains parables, miracles and teaching. Still, a thread pulls us through the different events. As a storm races across the sea of Galilee and threatens to flood their boat, the disciples are afraid; when …
Read More Advent 2025 – Day 8