Every once in a while it can be overwhelming to ponder what God has given us. To look at nature and this miraculous earth, so marvelous and beautiful. It is a wonder to breathe. How amazing is water. The miracle of life so incredibly sustained on this planet spinning through space. We are the beneficiaries of all of this.
Psalm 148, 149, 150 (Morning) Psalm 114, 115 (Evening) Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Hebrews 12:18-29 John 12:24-32 Deuteronomy 6:1-9 NRSV Now this is the commandment—the statutes and
When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. When the whole crowd saw him,
Isaiah sees these divisions and decries them as unjust. “Do not let the foreigner joined to the Lord say ‘The Lord will surely separate me from his people’; and do not let the eunuch say, ‘I am just a dry tree.'” Instead, the prophet gives a welcome place to the foreigners and eunuchs who will keep the sabbath and live in community. It is a matter of justice and of prayer.
Everyday Mysteries With others she manages a website for the Diocese of Colorado highlighting congregations’ creative ministries:
“Rejoice, barren woman, you who have not given birth. Break out with a shout, you who have not suffered labor pains; because the woman who has been deserted will have many more children than the woman who has a husband.”
Something’s got to be broken. You can’t keep the whole loaf — safe, protected and pure. They started breaking it up. And thankful, joyful people began to give it away, passing it out with gratitude, with thanksgiving.
Once they were powerless, like slaves. Now they can speak to God as Jesus did, saying “Abba! Father!” because “God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts.”
Psalm 46 Joel 2:28-32 Romans 8:15b-19, 38-39 John 15:9-14 John 15:9-14 NRSV: As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord