I.“ … do not worry… ” That would be a good thing, not to spend time with an unproductive activity like worrying. But how do we get there? It’s one thing to be told to stop something, but maybe another … Continue reading
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To refresh your reading of this Scripture passage you can follow this link to the passage in the New Revised Standard Version and The Message –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2053%3A4-11&version=NRSV;MSG V.I asked in the last post to consider Jesus’ years with his followers and … Continue reading
Here is a link to our passage and it’s context –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A3-42&version=NRSV VIII.We find two people where they are not expected to be. A Jewish man at a well in Samaria. A Samaritan woman who comes alone to a well at … Continue reading
Here is a link to this week’s focal passage and some of the preceding text to give us some more background –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A3-42&version=NRSV V.The other day I asked us to think about what these folk bring to this incident and what … Continue reading
I.Our focus this week is on a portion of the account of Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman. In this passage notice the woman, the townspeople, Jesus’ disciples, and Jesus. What does each bring to the encounter? II.John 4:25-42 The … Continue reading
Once more here is a link to the Scripture passage –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17%3A14-24&version=ESV VI.Jesus mentions several groups and to that he adds some information regarding them. What do you make of – “given them your word …” “the world has hated …” … Continue reading
Take some time today and tomorrow to reread this week’s passage https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17%3A14-24&version=ESV IV.Who did you notice? Surely Jesus. “I have given them …” = ? and then – “… your word …” = ? “… the world …” = ? … Continue reading
I.This week we are dropped in the middle, well towards the end, of the “upper room discourse” or Jesus’ farewell speech to his closest associates, followers, friends – the ones on whom he rests so much of his hope and … Continue reading
This week’s Scripture can be read again at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%202%3A1-12&version=NRSV,GNT VI.This week I’ve asked us to place ourselves in this story and pay attention to where we find ourselves. What we see, what we hear and and what we feel. I’d … Continue reading
You can refresh your view of the scene at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%202%3A1-12&version=NRSV,NABRE IV.Where do you find yourself in this scene? What group of folk do you most identify with? The people spreading the news that Jesus was “at home”?The crowd at the … Continue reading