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Cowboy, cancer, blind man, sin and an attempt to connect dots that emerged from today’s Gospel
John 9:1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ 3Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he … Continue reading
Truth? Freedom?
John 8:31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; 32and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ This is an often-quoted … Continue reading
Church Pew, Bar Stool and the Broad Place
For whatever reason the Holy Spirit has moved my thoughts recently from the Word to music-lyric expressions of a biblical idea. And many in the past few weeks have landed in the country music realm. I listen to a lot of country … Continue reading
Steadfast, relentless love
My son and I were working on a fix-it project the other day. The interest and capability to fix things around the house, in the car, all things mechanical or things that require assembly – well, that I inherited from my … Continue reading
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Tagged abba father, forgiveness, hear, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, Psalm, scripture, WORD
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By Jesus’ light we see the forest through the trees
From the gospel reading today (John 3:1-21) 3 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; … Continue reading
God is my co-pilot
The readings this morning had me on all sorts of bunny trails and I am glad to see that readers will dip back into Judges for the conclusion of The Song of Deborah so that I may share some of … Continue reading
Hot Air
It’s Thursday, but I read Friday’s selections, so the reflection here is on Acts 2. The reading from the Book of Acts reports the Holy Spirit descending upon all the people in Jerusalem – Jews and Gentiles – transforming their divided tongues into … Continue reading
In our blood? I wonder…
One of the books I have been re-reading this summer is one that treats the study of cancer as a biography. This very bad thing, cancer, has a life of its own: it has a beginning somewhere; its existence impacts both … Continue reading
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Tagged GOD GENE, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, mystery, pause button, WORD
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There’ll be days like this
This week’s lectionary readings begin in the Psalter with two more Davidic psalms (56, 57) which can – don’t have to – but can launch the day’s readings into the personal vs communal experience sphere. And given that I have resided there of … Continue reading
Today’s headlines, today’s Word
I begin my days in God’s Word. Though I retrieve the morning newspaper to read at some point ( I still prefer printed vs electronic versions), I no longer allow my eyes to glance the headlines before getting to a … Continue reading
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Tagged context, God, hear, lectionary readings, scripture, time, WORD
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