Changed By God To Make A Difference For God

What are we to make of the strange story of Joseph and his brothers that we read in part in today's OT lesson? Why should we care about God's providence? Check out what Fr. Maney has to say about it all and see what you think. Hopefully you will find hope and encouragement from the fact that God is indeed sovereign and present and not an absent landlord. Lectionary texts for today are Genesis 45.1-15; Psalm 133; Romans 11.1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15.10-28.