December 10, 2013
Isaiah 60: 1-5 Today’s text contrasts darkness and light. This is our first text in what many refer to as “Third Isaiah.” A central theme woven […]
December 9, 2013
Psalm 139 My favorite of all Psalms. God is inescapable. In our best–our ascension to high places, and our worst–our farthest places from God, God is […]
December 8, 2013
If we are honest with ourselves, the lion and the lamb reside in each one of us. When we react and pounce, wish the words didn’t come out the way they did…the lion is fed. And we know the receiving end, the hurt from another—and we identify with the lamb.
December 8, 2013
Jeremiah 1: 4-5 Jeremiah’s call shares that God is active and present in relationship. And Jeremiah is present with God. God’s presence is active from before […]
December 6, 2013
Advent: Day 6 Isaiah 35: 1-10 Imagine, twenty-seven years in that prison cell. Much of it in isolation. May we always ask ourselves why? Power can […]
December 5, 2013
On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, […]
December 4, 2013
Day 4 Advent Reading Isaiah 11: 1-3, 6-9 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out […]
December 4, 2013
Watch for the light. (Daily Scripture Readings) “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness […]
December 2, 2013
Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying, Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. But […]