St. Valentine's Day Psalm 66, 67 Meditation: Mark – What makes a person rich? Their financial or social standing? There’s the traditional sappy movie proclamation that family and love is truly what makes us rich. Many people spend their whole lives chasing riches of one kind or another. Yet, Jesus says that being rich makes …
Tag: Mark 10
Sunday, February 7
Psalm 93, 96 Meditation: Genesis – The blessing Rebekah’s family bestows upon her, while it may seem fairly generic for her travels and wedding, perfectly foreshadows the expansion of Israel. Rebekah becomes the mother of Jacob, who is given the name ‘Israel’ by God. She is the grandmother of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and …
Bartemaeus – The One Who Sees
Listen. If you missed the Children’s Message on Sunday, you can watch to a recording of it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcz7MtZT2yk Read: Mark 10:46-52 together as a family. Review: Have you ever cried for something over and over? How about asked again and again for the same thing? What was it? Have you ever seen / met …
Going Deeper: October 4
Read Mark 10:46-52 together. If you missed the sermon on Sunday, you can watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcz7MtZT2yk Here are some things that all of us need help with: 1) To pay attention to those around us, especially when we are busy or in a hurry 2) To truly listen to those in front of us …
Friday, August 14
Psalms: 22 Meditation Mark: Mark’s gospel is the shortest and perhaps lighter on details. This is a “no frills” report on the healing of a blind man, Bartimaeus, by name. Here, Jesus simply says “Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately… In another gospel an unnamed blind man had to wash out the mud made …
Thursday, August 13
Psalm: 102 Meditation 2 Samuel: Absalom, now heir-apparent, though he was the 3rd born son to David. You may remember that Absalom executed his older brother Amnon for raping Tamar, Absalom’s sister. The second son born to David was Kileab who is believed to have died in his youth. The truth is we just don’t …
Wednesday, August 12
Psalms: 119:121-144 Meditation Acts: Paul has returned to Jerusalem which ends his Third Missionary Journey. Paul, in accordance with what James and the elders in Jerusalem urged, submitted to the rite of purification, principally to give the Jews no reason to imprison nor kill him. Perhaps this rite will prepare Paul for the various judicial …
Tuesday, August 11
Psalm: 17 Meditation Mark: For many people this is a difficult passage: the question of divorce. Today, unfortunately, even Christians tend to be cavalier about marriage. Perhaps Jesus didn’t mean what He said. That is a very dangerous thought because then we may second-guess everything He said. The next paragraph shows Our Lord welcoming children …
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