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Monthly Archives: March 2018
March 31, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: A little while longer Isaiah 53:9 • They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Luke 23:50–53 • Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though… Read more »
March 30, 2018
Measuring A Life Wonderings, Fears, and Taking Stock by Ken Rummer Now in the seventh decade of my life, I wonder how I have done. Has my life been well-lived? Have I made the most of it? Has it mattered? As a teenager, I had a Peanuts cartoon on my wall. Snoopy is resting/sleeping on… Read more »
March 30, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: Light turns to darkness Isaiah 53:12 • . . . because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressor; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. How can the day when Jesus died be called Good Friday? The events… Read more »
March 29, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: Remembering Exodus 12:43–47 • The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the ordinance for the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, but any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after he has been circumcised; no bound or hired servant may eat of it…. Read more »
March 28, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: Against all odds — pray Mark 14:1–2 • It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, “Not during the festival, or there… Read more »
March 27, 2018
The stone A Revised Common Lectionary resource for April 1 by Magdalena I. García They had been saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?’ – Mark 16:3 Read the full lectionary passage here The stone falls from the hand of an accuser and refuses… Read more »
March 27, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: It’s not too late Daniel 11:31 • Forces sent by him shall occupy and profane the temple and fortress. They shall abolish the regular burnt offering and set up the abomination that makes desolate. Matthew 24:15 • So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place,… Read more »
March 26, 2018
Your church is what you believe it to be Are you part of a hopeful church? by N. Graham Standish I’m changing paths: From a “Wisdom Journey” to a “Hopeful Church.” For the past two years I’ve been writing a blog on spiritual wisdom. I’ve really enjoyed doing it because it’s allowed me to… Read more »
March 26, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: A little housecleaning Matthew 21:13 • He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.’ ” Jesus entered the temple and was outraged by what he saw. Status and wealth determined one’s offering… Read more »
March 25, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: A grand entrance Zechariah 9:9 • Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Luke 19:29–30 • When he had come near… Read more »
