Jeremiah 1:4-10 Luke 4:21-30 Truth be told, I did a few rounds with Jesus in the synagogue with his former neighbors in Nazareth before I flipped the page and decided to start at the beginning with Jeremiah. Oh, in the end we do wind up in pretty much the same place, but even so, it …
Month: January 2019
Release to the Captives
Luke 4:14-21 On Wednesday afternoon, I sat in the waiting room at our county jail. My appointment was for 3 pm. I had pulled into the 1 hour visitor parking space out front, made my way up the elevator to the 2nd floor and alerted them to my presence by pushing the intercom button to …
On the Third Day…
John 2:1-11 It was the words which introduce John’s telling of this story which captured my imagination this week. For it is so that you and I who have lived in these stories for a while know that they have been uttered again and again… “On the third day…” Indeed, it seems that every prediction …
God’s Claim, God’s Protection…
Isaiah 43:1-7 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 The powerful words of the prophet, Isaiah, spoken so long ago to a people in exile, are ones I have carried close to my heart for more than half my life. At least in part, I expect this is so because of how they first came to me. (To read …