ISSL Reflections November 7 2021 Revelation 7:9–17 Post 3

VII.We’ve spent time this week noticing what this passage has to say about praise, worship and salvation. As we spend time with it today, pay attention to the closing words of the passage and see how they complement what is … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections November 7 2021 Revelation 7:9–17 Post 1

I.We continue to reflect on “praise” and for this week and the following two weeks we will spend time with three passages from the Book of Revelation. Sometimes just a mention of the Book of Revelation will have folks turning … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections October 31 2021 Psalms 149:1-5, 150 Post 2

IV.In Thomas Merton’s Bread in the Wilderness, I came across this – “ … the Psalms are the nourishment of [the] interior life and of … personal prayer, so that at last [we] come to live them and experience them … Continue reading

ISSL Reflections October 3 2021 Psalm 100 Post 2

V.Let’s read Psalm 100 again and having already paid attention to the “command” we are given in the first words of the Psalm, let’s ask Why? Why are we directed to make a “joyful noise”? VI.Psalm 100 (NRSV) Make a … Continue reading