Magical Thinking

Dear Sutton and Savannah, 

I don’t know what John 14:14 means, but it doesn’t mean that putting the tag line, “in Jesus’s name” on any request will make it so. That’s just magical thinking.

-Dad

Inside Out Lectionary Letters

Year A - 6th Sunday of Easter (Texts, Art, Hymns)

Readings for Sunday, May 10, 2026

Acts 17:22-31 / Psalm 66:8-20 / 1 Peter 3:13-22 / John 14:15-21

Summary of John 14:15-21

This passage is part of a larger discourse of Jesus, given to the disciples in the hours leading up to his betrayal and death.

Scripture as a Mirror of the Soul

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