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Season of listening…My story, His Glory
Lectionary Readings: AM Psalm 102; PM Psalm 107:1-32 Mal. 3:1-12; James 5:7-12; Luke 18:1-8 Paused at these verses: Psalm 102: 14 For your servants hold its stones dear, and have pity on its dust. Malachi 3: 5 Then I will … Continue reading
A new season beckons and into hibernation I am called
Silly ‘ol bear – that’s me today – stuck, as it were, on a bunny trail. This image came to mind as I began to post my reflections on the readings today. Stuck, as a new season dawns and wondering … Continue reading
The Broad Place – God’s kingdom – has no boundaries
FB post by Trinity Seasons on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 7:33am The Gospel reading today continues in Luke. Jesus has been teaching his disciples and an ever growing crowd how to pray, he has been casting out demons and illustrating how to … Continue reading
In today’s reading from Acts, Paul continues to plead his case for freedom in front of the emperor. At one point, Agrippa says, “Are you so quickly persuading me to become a Christian?” It wasn’t that long ago that I … Continue reading
Pax from the Comics Page
Sometimes the morning gets away from me – often after a restless night sleeping and a huge ‘to-do’ list ahead of me – instead of turning to the Word (the lectionary) for my first thoughts, I find myself at the … Continue reading
No John Wooden, but a winning coach nonetheless
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of idols. I have come to realize that I push back at many of Paul’s teachings to the church because I see … Continue reading
Psalter as Anchor, not Wings…why not both-and?
I am daunted that once again the psalm readings this morning are like an anchor rather than spirit-filled wings to which I look to the Word to send me into the day. Instead, I am pulled down into my … Continue reading
All in His Time
He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. This one verse from the Acts reading today stopped me in my tracks … Continue reading
Your Savior is definitely in the lineup!
This is the way I see Piraro’s panel today after reading from Acts Stephen’s time before the council and high priest to answer accusations that he spoke against Moses and the Law. The Detective is Stephen, the old woman the … Continue reading
Today’s whisper came along in the first psalm reading from today’s lectionary ( Psalm 131, 132, [133];Num. 23:11-26; Rom. 8:1-11; Matt. 22:1-14), suggesting something about authorship and knowing who is behind the words – these, or THE WORD, or anything else. Here’s the … Continue reading