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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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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

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Remove your sandals

Joshua 5:14…And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshipped, and he said to him, ‘What do you command your servant, my lord?’ 15The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Remove the sandals from your feet, for … Continue reading

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This is a compression posture, people!

Galatians 5:14For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ These words from Paul are really so very beautiful, so encouraging.  Love one another.  Do all things in and through love.  … Continue reading

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Following Jesus? God’s hand upon me?

From the Old Testament (Ezekiel 37:1)reading, today: The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley… I’ve been thinking about how … Continue reading

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Light shines through…finally

After completing today’s readings, I went to my scriptural  journal to wonder about hearing God’s Word and whether or not I hear it sometimes for other people.  Beginning with an abrupt stop at a specific word in the first psalm, … Continue reading

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The way of God is truth…

…and it covers like a mist, hovering over all times, each person, every situation, every possible variation on a theme, on the law,….the way of God in accordance with truth is a way as if ‘taken by a cloud,’ infinitely, … Continue reading

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Pause , check, rewind: Where the Holy Spirit dwells

Dear Reader:  This post is formatted differently from past reflections – a format I began on November 23, 2012 to facilitate a season of listening.  The explanation for the seasonal change is found here, in the November 23 post. Lectionary … Continue reading

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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

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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

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