And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” (Matthew 13:52, ESV)
A Lifetime of Writings
First Reading Acts 5:27–32 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly
What? It does all that? Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, John 10:22-30 Why bother? I mean, we get along well enough with our
As I did with the Hearing His Voice pieces, I’ll be trying to tie what I write to the lections for each Sunday. I find
This short story grew out of my meditations on Jesus’ command to “Enter by the narrow gate.” It was Judgment Day! It seemed that Drael
When I first woke up in the wee hours of the night with this paper on my heart, it had a more controversial title. It
About twenty years ago I made these recordings of some of the Psalms for someone who was going through a very rough time. I also
Healing Ministry can be difficult and/or messy because Holy Spirit empowered ministries are often difficult and/or messy. Paul struggled with the congregation in Corinth because
My name is Jeff Krantz. I’m a semi-retired Episcopal priest with a deep love for the Scriptures and for teaching. I’ve also had a rather atypical journey as an Episcopalian, one that has been characterized by a hunger for the things of the Spirit, and a lot of different attempts to satisfy that hunger.
This website is the result of my desire to agglomerate as much of the stuff that I’ve written over the years as I can into one place. There are a number of weekly reflections on the Scriptures, but also some pieces that were written to encourage others to discover for themselves a greater intimacy with God and to appropriate and share the gifts the Spirit has in store for them.
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