Once more (at least once more) take time to examine these three passages –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8%3A1-3%2C+Mark+15%3A40%2C+John+20%3A10-18&version=NRSV VII.I asked earlier what you noticed about those sometimes missing and those most constant in these moments. What did you notice? What draws these people to … Continue reading
Take time today to go to these passages again –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+8%3A1-3%2C+Mark+15%3A40%2C+John+20%3A10-18&version=NRSV V.I close each of these calls to reflection with the latin phrase, “ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.” I take that to translate as “where love and passion are, … Continue reading
I.In these several passages our attention is called to “some women.” Who are they and what are they noticed for? II.Luke 8:1-3 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom … 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
I.As we read this week’s Scripture we find … “When [Jesus] returned to Carpernaum after some days, it was reported he was at home…. “ Mark 2:1 As you spend time in this passage of Scripture, pay attention to what … Continue reading
VII.Let’s take another look at how this scene in the synagogue unfolds. Here’s a link to the passage in both the NRSV and in The Message –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A1-6&version=NRSV;MSG VIII.Previous to his going to Nazareth Mark recounts Jesus healing a number of … Continue reading
IV.How did it go? It would be great if we could get together and talk over our experiences of “entering the narrative.” As we listened to one another about how it unfolded we could share our experiences whatever they might … Continue reading
I.This week we watch Jesus travel to his hometown. We see him enter the synagogue, probably the same one Mary and Joseph took him to when he was a child, a boy, a young man before he left their home … Continue reading
VI.Yesterday the Moravian Daily Texts email that came to my inbox contained these scriptures and prayer – “The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more.” – Zephaniah 3:15 “Jesus said to the … Continue reading