
Speaking to the Soul: Getting it Wrong
It is difficult for me to believe that an all-knowing God would think that poisoning the people would bring about the attitude change God desired.

It is difficult for me to believe that an all-knowing God would think that poisoning the people would bring about the attitude change God desired.
A half-verse from this morning’s Psalm will be the last words of Jesus in Sunday’s gospel. These are words worth listening for and holding onto.

Our Lenten Journey isn’t over yet, but the time is short. Make final preparations!

…what is our reaction to law, manners and morals? Is it something we pay attention to when it is convenient, or when it suits us, or is it something we live even when we don’t really want to?
Today we celebrate the loving ministry of Moses’s big sister. How might we experience God’s loving attention through such people who never abandon us?

Divine concerns lead us out beyond the edge of what is usual into deeper relationship with God. Human concerns limit us to the narrow perspectives of our own egos.
Joseph’s dying wish is to accompany his people to the land of promise, not in spirit but in bone.

As we ponder our lives and ministries in the spirit of slowing down during Lent, how might each of us hold off cutting the turkey as long as we can? How might we recognize those God sends to us, who could use a few bites of turkey?
Today’s epistle is not very helpful for finding black-and-white answers to ethical questions.

Each Sunday morning we have a chance to stop and remember who we are.