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Read |    Day 244 | Tuesday | September 1 | Ezekiel 32: 17-32  Ezekiel 33: 1-9, 10-20  Jeremiah 52: 28-30  1 Chronicles 4: 24-43  1 Chronicles 5: 1-10, 11-17  Psalm 137: 1-9 Date | 586 BC; 597 - 581 BC By 18 century icon painter (Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Russia)  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Reading | God via Ezekiel - Egypt will fall - graves - pit; Watchman for the house of Israel; Jeremiah - number of captives taken to Babylon; Psalm 137 - by the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept as we remembered Zion; Chronicler - descendants of those taken into exile. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 245 | Wednesday | September 2 |   1 Chronicles 5: 18-26 1 Chronicles 6: 3b, 49, 4-15 1 Chronicles 7: 1-5, 6-12, 13, 14-19, 20-29, 30-40 1 Chronicles 8: 1-28 Following | Day 245 | Thursday | September 3 | 1 Chronicles 8: 29– 9: 1 Daniel 4: 1-18, 19-27, 28-33, 34-37 Ezekiel 40: 1-4, 5-16, 17-19, 2

What is Pentecost? What is the season of Pentecost? The Day of Pentecost is the birthday of the Christian Church where the believers of Jesus received the Holy Spirit and the gift to communicate to many people.  The Church that uses the Revised Common Lectionary will celebrate the season of Pentecost as a time for teaching disciples (that's us believers) the way of Jesus.  The Sundays after Pentecost represent readings where Jesus is teaching disciples/others and thus the Church the way of faith.  Each Sunday in Pentecost covers a particular teaching of Jesus about some aspect of discipleship.  In the Episcopal Church these Sundays are noted as "Propers" or the proper readings for a particular Sunday after the day of Pentecost. This blog uses the day of the calendar year for its daily readings to mark progression in reading the Bible in a year and the liturgical day (minus saints or commemoration days) to note where we are "at" in our readings in th

These are the handouts for the Reflection Sessions for 30 August 2015 for GraceFullBible – read New Testament in a Year and Bible in Time – read Bible in a year. Normally, Bible in Time Reflection Session meets Sundays, 910 am - 940 am, Grace Parish Hall. Check out the blog site. http://bibleintime.blogspot.com/  Come whether you read or unread, reflect, question, reflect, pray, be inspired, and drink coffee. All times are local in the USA - Eastern Time Zone – Daylight Savings Time.  GraceFullBible Reflection Session is a virtual class and check out the blog site. www.GraceFullBible.com. Questions to deitland@gmail.com Grace Episcopal Church, 341 Washington Ave, Traverse City, Michigan. This center for mission is one block south of West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, North America. Bible in Time Last week - Click here Next week - Click here Another Bible Reading Plan for the New Testament GraceFullBible Last week - Click here Next week - C

Read |  Day 243 | Monday | August 31 | Ezekiel 37: 1-14, 15-28 Ezekiel 38: 1-23 Ezekiel 39: 1-24, 25-29 Ezekiel 32: 1-16 Date | 586 BC By 18 century icon painter (Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Russia)  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Reading | God via Ezekiel - Valley of Dry Bones - prophesy to the bones, and they came together and reformed - say to the winds give breath - these are the house of Israel and Judah will be reunited; Gog bad and army is slaughtered; God's people will be restored; warning to Pharaoh Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |    Day 244 | Tuesday | September 1 | Ezekiel 32: 17-32  Ezekiel 33: 1-9, 10-20  Jeremiah 52: 28-30  1 Chronicles 4: 24-43  1 Chronicles 5: 1-10, 11-17  Psalm 137: 1-9 +++ Collect of the Day: Pentecost, proper 17 Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true

Read |  Day 242 | Sunday | August 30 |   Ezekiel 34: 1-10, 11-24, 25-31 Ezekiel 35: 1-15 Ezekiel 36: 1-38 Date | 586 BC By 18 century icon painter (Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Russia)  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Reading | God via Ezekiel - prophesy against the leaders of the people; they will be scattered for lack of leadership; I am the good shepherd and I will gather the flocks; they share in good pastures on the mountains; I will make peace; I will save my flock; Israel will be restored; woe to those who defile it;  ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden ... Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition God Save the P

Read |  Day 241 | Saturday | August 29 | Jeremiah 42: 1-22  Jeremiah 43: 1-13  Jeremiah 44: 1-30  Ezekiel 33: 21-33 Date | 586 BC Reading | Army asks for prayers from Jeremiah; Stay in the land; Leadership did not listen to the word of the Lord and banned Jeremiah and sent him to Egypt disobeying the Lord; sign - Israel will be buried; idolatry evil in the sight of the Lord; Ezekiel - the news of the fall of Jerusalem came to Zeke six months after the fact; give the message to the people. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 242 | Sunday | August 30 |   Ezekiel 34: 1-10, 11-24, 25-31 Ezekiel 35: 1-15 Ezekiel 36: 1-38 Following | Day 243 | Monday | August 31 | Ezekiel 37: 1-14, 15-28 Ezekiel 38: 1-23 Ezekiel 39: 1-24, 25-29 Ezekiel 32: 1-16 +++ Collect of the Day: Pentecost, proper 16 Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth y

Bible in Time is reading the Bible each day with reflections of the text and prayers. The readings are on somewhat of a chronological calendar reflecting the history and salvation of the people of God. Day 242 | Sunday | August 30 | Ezekiel 34: 1-10, 11-24, 25-31 Ezekiel 35: 1-15 Ezekiel 36: 1-38 Day 243 | Monday | August 31 | Ezekiel 37: 1-14, 15-28 Ezekiel 38: 1-23 Ezekiel 39: 1-24, 25-29 Ezekiel 32: 1-16 Day 244 | Tuesday | September 1 | Ezekiel 32: 17-32 Ezekiel 33: 1-9, 10-20 Jeremiah 52: 28-30 1 Chronicles 4: 24-43 1 Chronicles 5: 1-10, 11-17 Psalm 137: 1-9 Day 245 | Wednesday | September 2 | 1 Chronicles 5: 18-26 1 Chronicles 6: 3b, 49, 4-15 1 Chronicles 7: 1-5, 6-12, 13, 14-19, 20-29, 30-40 1 Chronicles 8: 1-28 Day 245 | Thursday | September 3 | 1 Chronicles 8: 29– 9: 1 Daniel 4: 1-18, 19-27, 28-33, 34-37 Ezekiel 40: 1-4, 5-16, 17-19, 20-23, 24-27, 28-37 Day 246 | Friday | September 4 | Ezekiel 40: 38-43, 44-47, 48– 41: 26 Ezekiel 42

Read |   Day 240 | Friday | August 28 | Lamentations 5: 1-22 Obadiah 1: 1a, 1b-9, 10-14, 15-21 2   Kings 25: 22-26 Jeremiah 40: 7-12, 13-16 Jeremiah 41: 1-18  Background | When was Lamentations Written? | Click here for a Jewish perspective  Date | 586 BC Reading | Lamentations - Restore us, Lord...; You rule forever; Obadiah - Edom destroyed and Israel restored; 2 Kings & Jeremiah - Gedaliah Babylonian governor of Judah & plots. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 241 | Saturday | August 29 | Jeremiah 42: 1-22  Jeremiah 43: 1-13  Jeremiah 44: 1-30  Ezekiel 33: 21-33 +++ Listen and pray the morning office provided by the good people of the Episcopal Parish of Garrett County, Maryland, USA via Mission St Clare –  Click here A Collect for Fridays Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercif

Read |   Day 239 | Thursday | August 27 | Lamentations 2: 1-22 Lamentations 3: 1-66 Lamentations 4: 1-22 Background| Center for Biblical Studies | Lamentations | More - Click here Lamentations is a short, anonymous book that is typically associated with the prophet Jeremiah because of its gloomy tone and subject matter: the fall of Jerusalem. This is why the book is found after the book of Jeremiah in the Christian canon. (It is grouped with other books in the Jewish canon.) The fact that 1 Chronicles 35:25 speaks of laments written by Jeremiah “lamenting” for King Josiah further suggests the link between Jeremiah and this book, though not all are convinced. Lamentations is a collection of reactions to the fall of Jerusalem, written in poetic style. Each of the five chapters contains twenty-two verses. This is no accident, for the Hebrew alphabet has twenty-two letters. The first four chapters are written in a style known as acrostic: each verse begins with a successive letter o

Read |   Day 238 | Wednesday | August 26 | Jeremiah 39: 11-18 Jeremiah 40: 1-6 2   Kings 25: 8-21 Jeremiah 52: 12-27 2   Chronicles 36: 15-21 Lamentations 1: 1-22 Date | 586 BC Reading | Jeremiah stays put in Judah; Temple is destroyed;  Jeremiah wrote Lamentations to mourn the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC and the beginning of the Exile. "How deserted lies the city ..." Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |   Day 239 | Thursday | August 27 | Lamentations 2: 1-22 Lamentations 3: 1-66 Lamentations 4: 1-22 Following | Day 240 | Friday | August 28 | Lamentations 5: 1-22 Obadiah 1: 1a, 1b-9, 10-14, 15-21 2   Kings 25: 22-26 Jeremiah 40: 7-12, 13-16 Jeremiah 41: 1-18  +++ Listen and pray the morning office provided by the good people of the Episcopal Parish of Garrett County, Maryland, USA via Mission St Clare –  Click here

Read |   Day 237 | Tuesday | August 25  Ezekiel 26: 15-21  Ezekiel 27: 1-25, 26-36  Ezekiel 28: 1-19, 20-24, 25-26  2   Kings 25: 3-7  Jeremiah 52: 6-11  Jeremiah 39: 2-10  Date | 587 BC Ezekiel , as depicted by   Michelangelo on the  Sistine Chapel ceiling via wikipedia Reading | Ezekiel - Tyre destruction; lament; Sidon - destruction; restoration of Israel; Jeremiah - famine and  destruction of Jerusalem Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 238 | Wednesday | August 26 | Jeremiah 39: 11-18 Jeremiah 40: 1-6 2   Kings 25: 8-21 Jeremiah 52: 12-27 2   Chronicles 36: 15-21 Lamentations 1: 1-22 Following | Day 239 | Thursday | August 27 | Lamentations 2: 1-22 Lamentations 3: 1-66 Lamentations 4: 1-22 Day 240 | Friday | August 28 | Lamentations 5: 1-22 Obadiah 1: 1a, 1b-9, 10-14, 15-21 2   Kings 25: 22-26 Jeremiah 40: 7-12, 13-16 Jeremiah 41: 1-18  +++ Listen and pray the morning office provided by th

Bible in Time  -   Read the full Bible chronologically in a year. Click here  – reflection session handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session: Sundays | 9:10 am – 940 am local | USA - EDT | Grace Parish Hall Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer -  Click here +++ Another reading plan – GraceFullBible  -  Read the New Testament in a year. Click here  –  this week's handout Click here  – next week’s readings Reflection Session is a  Virtual Class.  Note the blog for more information, thoughts, reflections, insights, prayers, etc. Grace Episcopal Church | 341 Washington | Traverse City | Pure Michigan | USA |  Click here Blog Site for daily reflection and prayer –  Click here Sounds like Grace -  Click here The Peace of the Lord be with you always!

Read | Day 236 | Monday | August 24 | Jeremiah 32: 1-15, 16-25, 26-35, 36-44  Jeremiah 33: 1-26  Ezekiel 26: 1-14  Date | 587 BC Ezekiel , as depicted by   Michelangelo on the  Sistine Chapel ceiling via wikipedia Reading | Jeremiah - imprisoned, land will be bought and sold again after the Exile, prayer to God, Jerusalem will fall because of the evil people have done, promise of restoration, peace, and prosperity; Ezekiel - Tyre will be conquered. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 237 | Tuesday | August 25  Ezekiel 26: 15-21  Ezekiel 27: 1-25, 26-36  Ezekiel 28: 1-19, 20-24, 25-26  2   Kings 25: 3-7  Jeremiah 52: 6-11  Jeremiah 39: 2-10  +++ Collect of the Day Almighty and everlasting God, who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach your Word: Grant that your Church may love what he believed and preach what he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reign

Sunday, August 23, 2015 Reflections on the Book of Ezekiel I have just come from a reflection session held at Grace Episcopal Church, Traverse City, Michigan USA where a group gathered today for coffee and reflection about the Prophet Ezekiel - the man and his message - to the Exiles of the people of God in Babylon. (the Community) Some of my reflection today is based on John J. Collins in his 2 nd edition of this work, “Introduction to the Hebrew Bible”, Fortress Press, © 2014, ISBN 978-1-4514-6923-3. We have Ezekiel (Zeke) part of the first wave of deportation to Babylon where as a young priest he is trying to interpret to the people why this Exile is happening to them. As a priest, Zeke does not separate the moral nature of the universe with the traditional worship practice of the Community. Both are not separated and are normative to the individual and the Community. With nearly 40 references to dates, leads me to the conclusion that Zeke was a real person sent