IV.Today let’s pay close attention to Naomi. What she says, what she does, and as best as you can tell, what motivates what she says and does. V.Ruth 1:6-18, 22 (NRSVue) Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from … Continue reading
I.We start this week with, “Then she started to return …” Why? You want to take a extra moment to read the first five verses of Ruth 1, which sets the stage for the journey Naomi intends. There you read … Continue reading
VII.Let’s give another reading to both of these passages. Take note that Paul speaks of what fulfills, what never ends, and what ceases. Read the passages again, looking for how the eternal might break into our lives that are often … Continue reading
IV.Today, let’s read both of these passages and then return to the 1 Corinthians passage and reread it. In part this passage deals with time. What do you hear it telling you about time and the ending of things? V.Romans … Continue reading
I.This week we will focus on passages from two of the Pauline epistles, Romans and 1 Corinthians. Both passages stress “love.” After you read both passages, come back to the Romans passage and listen for how love “fulfilled the law.” … Continue reading
VII.Paul remarks, “… if I build up the very things that I once tore down …” Take time today to reread these paragraphs and see if you notice what he means when he writes of “… the very things that … Continue reading
VII.With this week’s Scripture we have begun a focus on “God’s Law Is Love: Love Completes, Law Falls Short.” As we spend time with this Scripture and notice how it speaks of love and law. VIII.Luke 11:37-44 (NRSVue) While he … Continue reading
IV.Did you notice – “What would you prefer? Am I to come to you with a stick or with love in a spirit of gentleness?” How do you hear that? How do you think the Christian community in Corinth heard … Continue reading
VII.Today, let’s pay attention to the encounter of these two men. What strikes you about them before their encounter with one another, then how they engage with one another, and then where they are after their encounter. VIII.Acts 9:1-19 (NRSVue) … Continue reading
VII.What is obscure in most of our English translations of the exchange between Peter and Jesus is the use of two different words for love. In the reading below I will insert the Greek words used and then let’s consider … Continue reading