by Thomas Ryden | Mar 25, 2014 | Lenten Blog 2014
Today’s Scripture Reading: Psalm 78 ; Genesis 45:1-15; I Corinthians 7:32-40; Mark 6:1-13 Today’s Writer: Jim Beeby Whether it is: God through Paul giving great advice on marriage and the single life (1 Cor. 7:32-40), Jesus healing people in his home town even after...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 24, 2014 | Lenten Blog 2014
Today’s Scripture Reading: Psalm 80, 77; Genesis 44:18-24; I Corinthians 7:25-31; Mark 5:21-43 Today’s Writer: Lauren Surber In Mark 5:21-43, Jesus heals two women: First, a woman who suffered from chronic bleeding, and second, a young girl who had died just before...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 21, 2014 | Lenten Blog 2014
Today’s Scripture Reading: Psalm 69, 73; Genesis 43:1-15; I Corinthians 7:1-9; Mark 4:35-41 Today’s Writer: Mark Hedrick It is the time of year when many of us are looking forward to a trip to the beach – to smell the sea air, to look at a tranquil blue sea under a...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 20, 2014 | Lenten Blog 2014
Today’s Scripture Reading: Psalm 70, 74; Genesis 42:29-38; I Corinthians 6:12-30; Mark 4:21-34 Today’s Writer: Mary Cottrell When Joseph commanded Jacob’s sons to leave Benjamin behind in Egypt, Jacob who had seen God face-to-face years before fell into fear and...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 19, 2014 | Lenten Blog 2014
Today’s Scripture Reading: Psalm 72, 119:73:96; Genesis 42:18-28; I Corinthians 5:9-6:8; Mark 4:1-20 Today’s Writer: Bob Fehr Mark’s passage is a parable taught by the greatest of teachers. The parable of the sower takes on greater emphasis in that it was one of the...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 17, 2014 | Lenten Blog 2014
Today’s Scripture Reading: Psalm 56, 57, 64, 65; Genesis 41:46-57; I Corinthians 4:8-20; Mark 3:7-19a Today’s Writer: Kim Henry What would I do? In today’s gospel passage (Mark 3: 7-19a), Jesus has already healed the man with the withered hand in the...