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Wake up calls from Jesus
Matthew 26:41Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial;* the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.’ I think this admonition from a grieving Jesus to his friends who fell asleep while he … Continue reading
No blue? Perceiving is believing
14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15And how … Continue reading
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Tagged context, eyes, Faith, God, Gospel, hear, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, scripture, see, Spirit, WORD
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Getting unstuck, changing the tire and moving into the open place
If I had ever had the discipline of memorizing scripture this would be a verse from today’s Psalm 18 that I would like to have mastered. It would lie in the top tray of my scriptural tool box where I … Continue reading
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Tagged eyes, God, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, Lord, self-righteous, the broad place, Ugh
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CIP, Kaizen and Sanctification
Romans 6: 22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. I’ve come to think of sanctification as the process of continuous improvement. At our baptism our individual lives – … Continue reading
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Tagged epistle, Jesus, journey, law, lectionary readings, WORD, worship
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#islike: Jesus shows us how to hear and be heard
Several years ago a distant relative who had looked to me during her pregnancy for tips, for baby showers, for the way of mothering, for the how-to transition from career person to full time mother, called me in a rage … Continue reading
Bearing with one another in love
I spent yesterday afternoon with a friend who had been referred that morning by his physician to Hospice. Treatment is no longer an option for his condition. It was now time to make him comfortable – treat the symptoms of … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Holy Spirit, journey, lectionary readings, love, ministry, pray, time, WORD, worry
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Better things ahead
Joshua 1:9 I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.’ Moses has died. Joshua is tapped to take the people forward into the promised … Continue reading
We are what God has made us and Jesus is our way of life
Ephesians 2:10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. Paul’s last line in today’s passage from his letter to the Ephesians would have … Continue reading
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Tagged God, Grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, lectionary readings, love, scripture, see, theology, WORD
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All are welcome to the table
Exodus 19:23 ‘The people are not permitted to come up to Mount Sinai; for you yourself warned us, saying, “Set limits around the mountain and keep it holy.” ’ 24The Lord said to him, ‘Go down, and come up bringing … Continue reading
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“Stretch out your hand” God says – God’s work and our hands
I don’t know as much about King David as I should. David’s place in biblical history has been of interest only insofar as he was presaged and ordained by the Lord, God and established the line into which Jesus was … Continue reading