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Dear Friends, Grace and peace from our loving God. Let us pray … O God, the giver to us of all things, I thank you today for home, family, air, health, less pain, reasonable weather,  the love between people, and siblings bound together by your love. Be with those today who have lost a loved one or business colleague through suicide. Be in their presence as they weep and mourn. May they find comfort in you and move to joy in living … For all these things and the things you know we need, we thank you, Eternal Giver of Life. Amen dwe Today’s Parable - The Two Debtors / Luke 7:41-43 [See Snodgrass, pp. 77 - 92 and Kendall, pp. 113- 121.] Thoughts - As one who is blessed to carry too much debt,  these parables on debtors strike home for me. The context of Luke 7 where Jesus shares the story teaching is - Jesus ran into a Roman military officer who’s faith stuns Jesus  Jesus raises a son from the dead John sends two of his disciples to ask Jesus if he is the One? Jesus point...

Dear Friends, Grace and peace from our loving God. Let us pray … Kindle in our hearts, O God, the flame of love that never ceases, that it may burn in us, giving light to others. May we shine forever in your temple, raging set on fire with your eternal light, even your Son Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. Amen A Celtic Liturgy - Morning Prayer, p. 21;  Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2008, ed. Today’s Parable - Wineskins / Luke 5:37 Jesus in this scene is having a party with known sinners after the conversion of a tax collector. Some religious people are critical of this action. They point to the disciples of John the Baptist and whose piety is fasting and prayer and why is Jesus not doing it their way. Kendall points to this parable of Jesus as a calling of established and mature religious people to create themselves as new wineskins for new wine. (If you put new wine in old wineskins, it will explode because of fermentation.) The Holy Spirit constantly inspires...

Prayer Suggestion | Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen Book of Common Prayer | Collects | Lectionarypage.net +++ Bible in Time | Sunday | Easter Sunday | New Testament Study, Day 40 | It’s 51 CE/a.d Today - Day 40 | 1 Thessalonians 2 Next - Day 41 | 1 Thessalonians 3 Next Assignments Calendar +++ My Thoughts on Today’s Session - Using New Oxford Annotated Bible 5th Edition Notes. Paul is recapping his life and the way the crew that came to them acted with kindness and gentleness. He recalls their persecution and YET persisted in proclaiming the Word of God. He continues to praise them for receiving this Word and pursued the faith. They became imitato...

Prayer Suggestion | Live in the present, Do all things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold. Peace Pilgrim March 7 Prayer | Prayers for Healing - Blessings, Poems, and Meditations | Edited by Maggie Oman | ISBN 1-57324-089-3 Bible in Time | Friday | Third Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day 32 | It’s 50 - 58 CE/a.d Today - Galatians 5 Next - Galatians 6 Next Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read  the Letter to the Galatians . * I am using NOAB5, Galatians, text and  notes as the source of this background for you. (all above from NOAB5 notes and my thoughts)   Galatians 5 Paul states his case against circumcision. His point is we have freedom in Christ and do not need to follow those traditions. How did you get so confused? You are called to freedom but don’t abuse the privilege. Live by the Spirit. Give up the law and the passions of the flesh. Bear the fruits of the Spirit - love, joy, pe...

Saint Peter as Pope  by  Rubens Wiki Commons Images Read the Bible in a Year | My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Come join us at any time!  Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8, NRSV (Enriching Our Worship 1) Today’s Reading - 12/15/2019     Day 349 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:25 12/16/2019     Day 350 1 Peter 3:1 – 5:14 Reflection | Today - Chapter 1 - a thanksgiving to God for giving us, Jesus. Rejoice no matter the trials. You are elect and holy people in Christ. Although We are as brief as grass, the Word of the Lord lasts forever. Chapter 2 - Rid yourself of all evil and be nurtured as a mother to child by what God can feed you. You have been bought and now are Pure. You are chosen, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people. You were not a people but now you are God’s...