There are three marvelous stories in Mark’s Gospel: Mark 8:1-10, 22-26, and 34-36. I hope you will take the time to read and let your imagination take you to these events in Jesus’ ministry. Be there with them—watch, listen, learn and grow. The first…
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:1-4,14 (NIV)
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John 12:27-28 (NIV)
"Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
Father, glorify your name!”
Psalm 91:1-2 (NRSV)
You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.”
Hear the word of the Lord in the Gospel of Mark 9:30–37 (NRSV). For the most benefit, read in Lectio Divina fashion (four times with silence for reflection between each reading). They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want…
I encourage you to read scriptures at a reverent, sacred pace, such as in the ancient spiritual discipline of Lectio Divina. Read slowly, four times, pausing for silence with God between each reading. For today, read John 8:1–11. I have used the New Revised…
When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to our own work.
Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!”
Nehemiah 4:15,19-20 (NIV)
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Holy Father, Perfect in Love and Gracious in Mercy through Jesus our Lord, we turn to you in this season of Lent, remembering the biblical history of your Incarnation and the last days before the crucifixion. As we follow your journey in our hearts…
As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God's works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.
John 9:1-7 (NRSV)
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For this is the message you have heard from the beginning,
that we should love one another.
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, I John 3:11,18 (NRSV)
but in truth and action.
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