You do not usually hear from me on Tuesdays but I wanted to let you know about some emails I will be sending out during Lent. I’ve been thinking about Ash Wednesday and Lent for several weeks and wondering if … Continue reading
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IX.This week’s Scripture passage seems especially fitting for today, Good Friday. I invite you to first read the passage in light of today’s recollection of the trials and crucifixion of Jesus. Isaiah 53:4-11 Surely he has borne our infirmitiesand carried … Continue reading
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
I.We approach Easter Sunday this week. Yesterday, in many churches, the Gospel reading took us back to Palm Sunday when cheering people greeted Jesus. This week we move through the week with Jesus in Jerusalem maybe noting some of the … 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
Psalm 113 1 Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants of the LORD;* praise the Name of the LORD. 2 Let the Name of the LORD be blessed,* from this time forth for evermore. 3 From the rising of the sun to … Continue reading
Psalm 148 1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens;* praise him in the heights. 2 Praise him, all you angels of his;* praise him, all his host. 3 Praise him, sun and moon;* praise him, all you shining stars. … Continue reading
Psalm 27 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear? * the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers came upon me to eat … Continue reading
Psalm 88 1 O LORD, my God, my Savior,* by day and night I cry to you. 2 Let my prayer enter into your presence;* incline your ear to my lamentation. 3 For I am full of trouble;* my life … Continue reading
Psalm 40 1 I waited patiently upon the LORD; * he stooped to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay; * he set my feet upon a … Continue reading