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I.There is a problem with this week’s Scripture – it can be so familiar to many of us, that we no longer hear it, but instead hear what we already “know” about the passage, or “think” we know about it. … Continue reading
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“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven … a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7b) VI.What of that balance – to keep silence/to speak. Is that an … Continue reading
.Who’s listening? Who’s talking? You can find this week’s Scripture at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3%3A1%2C+7b%3B+Luke+2%3A39-52&version=NRSV VI.Here is a 12 year old boy sitting with the Rabbis. Is he in the background, on the sidelines. How long is he there before the Rabbis notice … Continue reading
I.In this week’s scripture we are first reminded by the writer of Ecclesiastes that there is a proper “…season, and a time for every matter under heaven….” And then we jump over the naming of many of those “seasons” to … 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
IX. I have asked several times this week that we pay attention to Mary’s song, and I ask that again of us today. What draws you? Here is her song once again, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit … Continue reading
I. This coming Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Advent and the last Sunday before Christmas Day and we will depart from our consideration of the building of the Temple this week. Of course, maybe this is not too much … Continue reading
VIII. Earlier this week the following quote from Dallas Willard came to my inbox. I am convinced it is the best way to close our reflections for this week. IX. Who deserves your blessing? “You are really walking in the … Continue reading