VI.I closed the last post with a suggestion to “ … walk back through the day and see where justice, kindness and humility were present or even missing when they didn’t need to be.” This might be a way of … Continue reading
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IV.Did you make a list of answers to the questions from the last post? I didn’t want to, but I did spend time with the questions. A lot of what Micah names still goes on today it seems. I guess … Continue reading
VIII.Can we agree the prophet wants the people to have no uncertainty that their festivals, assemblies, offerings, sacrifices, songs and music do nothing to move God. All the things they might count on as proper religious activities are worthless. What … Continue reading
IV.Judgement – Darkness – “ … Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light — pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?” Most of the time we would think – or certainly want to think – the “Day … Continue reading
VIII.Do you know how to leave your routines to be Jesus for others? Do you know how to leave your comfort zone, when Jesus puts someone or something in your path he wants you to fully see and be with. … Continue reading
IV.Let’s look to the words of Jesus that follow his prayer. He gives several images that I suppose he hopes will help us understand the life that can grow out of the way he shows his disciples they can pray. … Continue reading
I. We closed last week taking note of a short “commentary” that follows the recording of the Lord’s Prayer in the Gospel of Matthew, and open this week looking at the Prayer in its context in the Gospel of Luke. … Continue reading
I.We move to this week to reflect on probably a very familiar passage, “The Lord’s Prayer.” Or, should we call it “Jesus’ Model Prayer”? And given most folks familiarity with it is as it comes to us from the King … Continue reading
IV.Let’s go back to the question from Monday, “… what definition of piety do you come up with?” Does your definition sound like one of these? “the quality of being religious or reverent” “a belief or point of view that … Continue reading
I. This week we hear Jesus give some practical and concrete examples of what he thinks “religion” is about. We hear him mention “practicing your piety.” I guess “piety” is about religion? After you read through this passage several times … Continue reading