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Scripture Reflection

Here I share the fruits of my personal reflection on the Word of God, whether I’m reading along with the lectionary readings for that week or exploring a particular book of the Bible. Enjoy the posts that appear below; you’ll find them with the most recent first. If you’re looking for something in particular, try typing a topic, book of the Bible, or other keyword into the search field at the bottom of the page. Topics I write about frequently include those listed below:

  • Joy
  • Thanksgiving
  • Anxiety (also Trials)
  • Forgiveness
  • God’s Love

 

PATIENCE: A VIRTUE WORTH PRACTICING
“Patience is a virtue . . .  you get it from your kids.” “God give me patience . . . and I want it now!” We laugh about patience, joke about it even, but how many of us work at getting it?  We treat it as though it’s something one is born with, and if we don’t have it – ...
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PRAYER IN DESPERATE TIMES
"Desperate times call for desperate measures. Would you consider prayer a desperate measure?" I wasn't expecting that question at the start of this interview on "prayer in desperate times"! Ben Akers, who is Director of Formed at the Augustine Institute in Denver, invited me to talk on Formed Now! about how the Psalms teach us to pray when times are rough. The idea came from my little ...
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have faith when you're in the fire. Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay
HAVE FAITH IN THE FIRE: Take a Lesson from Job
“Hope in God.” “Have Faith.” “Hang in there — God’s got this!” For real? Are these phrases (which I hear so often now, with so much distress in the streets) — are these pious phrases just “opium for the masses,” as Karl Marx famously declared of religion? When I can’t get a break; when my child is sick and may ...
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ROSH HASHANAH, A CALL TO REPENTANCE
I’ve heard it said that the shofar (ram’s horn trumpet), with its curving shape, represents the way a repentant heart “bends” before the Lord in supplication. When it’s blown, it has a unique sound that can trumpet victory or a mournful wail. In the liturgy of Rosh Hashanah, today’s Jewish “Feast of Trumpets,” three types of blasts make up the ...
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WHEN THERE’S NOT ENOUGH OF YOU TO GO AROUND
Sometimes there's not enough of me to go around. The kids need help. A loved one dies. The dryer breaks, or the car. Taxes are due and a deadline zooms and no, I can’t possibly help you today. My own needs are too great … I’m stretched as far as I can go. Sometimes there's not enough of me for ...
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IS YOUR BIRTHDAY A MILESTONE OR A MILLSTONE? 5 Reasons to Celebrate Another Year
I sat on the bed while my Great-Grandma braided her waist-length, snowy white hair and piled it like a crown on her head. She turned to me, twinkling: “Now what does today have in store for us?” Later, as we talked, she turned and patted my knee. “It’s so nice to be with someone my own age!” That’s my last living ...
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OUR GOD CARES: Listen for His Still, Small Voice
Talk about final. There was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention. (I Kings 18:29, ESV.) The prophets of Baal had been at it all morning and most of the afternoon, hopping around the altar, calling on their god, slashing and cutting themselves into a frenzy. They begged their god of lightning to send fire to light the ...
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WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE STORMS OF YOUR LIFE?
A line of thunderstorms crashed through our area two nights ago. Eighty-mile-an-hour winds ripped trees out of the ground, took down power lines and severely damaged several nearby homes. As I picked my way through the debris that covered our driveway, I kept thinking, “Lord — this could be broken glass and twisted metal, bits of storefront and stolen goods.” ...
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DO YOU LOVE JESUS … OR ONLY LUV HIM?
How do you get from LUV to LOVE? How do you move from “sure, I love Jesus” to “Lord, I love you!” That’s the question Jesus asked Peter in their post-breakfast heart-to-heart on the shore of the Sea of Galilee: do you (really) love me? Jesus had risen from the dead, and he had just amazed his disciples with a ...
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