I.Please take some time with this account. Notice all the characters mentioned. Notice what each has to say or not say. Do such interruptions while one is performing a sacred task surprise you? II.Luke 1:8-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated … Continue reading
VII.Paul acknowledges here some of the forces the Christians at Ephesus struggle with. He asks them to think about items soldiers use to face their foes. And most to the point, he wants them to recall their source of strength. … Continue reading
I.I suspect most of the time we come to this paragraph, we are drawn to the description of “the whole armor of God.” Not at all a bad image to explore and consider how God equips us for our daily … Continue reading
VII.As I read this account, I keep coming back to questions about what we want from God, what God might want from us (and for us), and what the future brings to us? VIII.1 Samuel 8:4-7; 10:17-24 (NRSVUE) Then all … Continue reading
IV.In Thomas Merton’s Bread in the Wilderness, I came across this – “ … the Psalms are the nourishment of [the] interior life and of … personal prayer, so that at last [we] come to live them and experience them … Continue reading
You can find this week’s focus passage at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+8%3A23-27&version=NRSV VIII.Disciples are to watch their teacher, their master, and learn from the teacher and follow the teacher. Right? That’s what we see Jesus’ disciples doing. They follow him into a boat. … Continue reading
V.Let’s go ahead and reread the passage. Matthew 8:23-27 And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was … Continue reading
Take some time to refresh this scene –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?Search=1+Kings+22%3A1-28&version=NRSV VIII.The image of the 400 or so prophets is still holding my attention. Especially as I hear King Jehoshaphat ask King Ahab, “Is there no other prophet of the Lord here of … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture passage at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+22%3A1-28&version=NRSV V.All these prophets (“about 400”) have a hold on my attention. I just keep “looking” at them and “listening” to them. Is that what King Ahab did? I Kings 22:5-6, 10-12 … Continue reading
Once again you can read Lamentations 5 at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=lamentations+5&version=NRSV VI.The people of Jerusalem were able to explicitly name their situation, discouragement and pain. One hope I have for us in reading and spending time with this painful passage is to … Continue reading