May 24, 2020, Jeremiah 22:1-10 – Post 2 – ISSL Reflections

You can this week’s Scripture here –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+22%3A1-10&version=NRSV IV.A couple of things particularly caught my attention this week. In last week’s reading Jeremiah told the King “… deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed…” (Jeremiah 21:12). … Continue reading

May 17, 2020, Jeremiah 21:8-14 – Post 2 – ISSL Reflections

You can find Jeremiah 21:8-14 here –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+21%3A8-14&version=NRSV IV.When we left off the other day, I asked you to consider two questions – 1. How do we handle disappointment with God? 2. How do we know what in a Scripture passage … Continue reading

May 10, 2020, Zechariah 8:1-8, 11-17 – Post 3 – ISSL Reflections

This week’s Scripture passage –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+8%3A1-8%2C+11-17&version=NRSV VIII.Do the words of the Prophet offer you hope? Encouragement? A vision of a place, a home to get back to? IX.How does the prophet describe where the people are? How does he describe where … Continue reading

May 10, 2020, Zechariah 8:1-8, 11-17 – Post 2 – ISSL Reflections

This week’s Scripture passage –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+8%3A1-8%2C+11-17&version=NRSV IV.These words were first heard and later read in a world far distant from our own. The passage as we find it in our Scriptures was selected to be read for this coming Sunday several … Continue reading

May 10, 2020, Zechariah 8:1-8, 11-17 – ISSL Reflections

I.Zechariah tells us, “The word of the Lord of hosts came to me saying …” Where is the Prophet Zechariah? The Lord of Hosts? The people who are receiving this Word? First, read the passage through slowly and with an … Continue reading

April 26, 2020, Isaiah 61:8-11; 62:2-4a – ISSL Reflections

I.We started April reflecting on one of the Servant Songs in Isaiah and we move to the close of April reflecting on a passage from Isaiah 61 and another from Isaiah 62. I’d like us to start our week reading … Continue reading

March 22, 2020, Micah 3:1-3, 9-12; 6:6-8 – Post 2 – ISSL Reflection

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

March 22, 2020, Micah 3:1-3, 9-12; 6:6-8 – ISSL Reflection

I.Let’s start our week’s reflections as usual but with one exception. Read Micah 6:6-8 first, then read the selection form Micah 3. II. Micah 6:6-8 (New Revised Standard Version) “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself … Continue reading