GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Judge for Yourself – Year One, Proper 21, Tuesday, September 29, 2015, Matthew 7:1-12 “First take the log out of your own eye.” Our beliefs include judgment. The Word sets the target and we miss the mark (hamartia). There is judgment everywhere. It is the Truth in “full of grace and […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Sweeeet! – Year One, Proper 21, Monday, September 28, 2015, Matthew 6:25=34 “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.” This blog or commentary is based on the Daily Office. The Daily office is a systematic way of reading through the Scriptures so […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Amen is Enough – Year One, Proper 20, Thursday, September 25, 2015, Matthew 6:7-15 “For your father knows what you need before you ask him.” Kristen and I were in Ruhengeri, Rwanda, when we were unexpectedly invited to lunch. It was in a palapa hut near a pool. If […]
Graham turns 4 today. Thanks be to God for our Graham Finale! GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – The Boss of Me – Year One, Proper 20, Thursday, September 24, 2015, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 “You are not your own; you were bought with a price.” Every fiber within me fights against this. I am my […]
Imagine a young man, Brian, standing over his comatose father begging, “Dad, please wake up.” Before his father dies he longs to hear the words, “I love you.” He so wants reconciliation. His anguish reflects years of pain and estrangement. But resolution would not come. Brian now weeps and is absorbing the physical loss of […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Worldly and Not By Design – Year One, Proper 20, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 1 Corinthians 5:9-6:8, Matthew 5:38-48 “I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with immoral men; not at all meaning the immoral of this world.” “Love your enemies and pray for those who […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Limbless by Choice – Year One, Proper 20, Tuesday, September 22, 2015, Matthew 5:27-37 “And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.” Brutal. And then some. But that is the point. Jesus says you have heard it said (place any tough […]
Do We Take Jesus Seriously?
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Blah, Blah, Blah – Year One, Proper 20, Monday, September 21, 2015, 1 Corinthians 4:8-21 “For the Kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.” One has to wonder on occasion if the church has not come to believe it “consist in talk.” Let’s issue a […]
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Same Job, Different Vocation – Year One, Proper 19, Wednesday, September 16, 2015, Matthew 4:18-25 “I will make you fishers of men.” Peter and Andrew had a job. They fished to earn a living. And that did not stop when they met Jesus. Peter was even fishing post death […]
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