Today’s Scripture readings: Psalm 63.1-11, 98; Deuteronomy 8.1-10; 1 Corinthians 1.17-31; Mark 2.18-22 Today’s Writer: John Pitt In a dry and parched land… The sun was a glowing orange-red, and was sinking into the shimmering deep of the Indian Ocean. ...
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 30, 32; Deuteronomy 7.17-26; Titus 3.1-15; John 1.43-51 Today’s Writer: Betsy Pace Devoted Deuteronomy 7:17-26 is one of those “difficult” passages that makes me squirm. The thought of God “send[ing] hornets among” Israel’s...
Today’s Scripture readings: Psalm 31, 95; Deuteronomy 7.12-16; Titus 2.1-15; John 1.35-42 Today’s Writer: Ollie Hoig Bishop Robert F. Morneau concludes the introduction to his Not by Bread Alone: Daily Reflections for Lent 2013 with these sentences: “The...
Today’s Scripture readings: Psalm 37.1-18; Deuteronomy 7.6-11; Titus 1.1-16; John 1.29-34 Today’s Writer: Greg Johnson “Sin” is unpopular. The word, not the act, I mean. In our pluralistic age, in this time of “tolerance,” condemnation is saved for those...
Today’s Readings: Psalm 32, 95, 143; Jonah 3.1-4.11; Hebrews 12.1-14; Luke 18.9-14 Today’s Writer: The Rev. Jack King “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” My prayer is that these of words...
