To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Leviticus 22:17-23:44Mark 9:30-10:12Psalm 44:1-8Proverbs 10:19 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all. Mark 9:35 In my 33 years of marriage, I’ve made a multitude of mistakes and racked up a hefty mound of regret. Who among us wouldn’t want endless do-overs? I cringe at times to think of what a self-centered brat I was in the early years of our marriage. But here and there are a few nuggets that I can…

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul? Mark 8:36 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Leviticus 19:1-20:21Mark 8:11-38Psalm 42:1-11Proverbs 10:17 We went to Dick’s drive-in in the U-District Thursday (U being University of Washington, for those of you unfamiliar with my exotic, sophisticated, Washingtonian lingo). It wasn’t optional. As far as I know, it’s not possible to drive to and from SeaTac airport without making the obligatory stop at Dick’s — our version of In-and-Out Burger. Got in line. Gave our order: Two deluxe, four…

To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Leviticus 16:29-18:30Mark 7:24-8:10Psalm 41:1-13Proverbs 10:15-16 I am the Lord your God. You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices. You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord. Leviticus 18:1 Twice in…

To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Leviticus 15:1-16:28Mark 7:1-23Psalm 40:11-17Proverbs 10:13-14 “You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place, which is among them” (Leviticus 15:31). “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come … “ (Mark 7:18-23). Many years back, my sister, Tarri, lost the diamond from her wedding ring. We talked about it together when I was admiring the new ring…

When they saw Him walking on the lake, they thought He was a ghost. They cried out, because they all saw him and were terrified. Mark 6:49 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible:Leviticus 14:1-57Mark 6:30-56Psalm 40:1-10Proverbs 10:11-12 I find it absolutely astounding that the same men who had just watched Jesus multiply a little boy’s meager lunch into a banquet for 15,000 (if we allow each of those 5,000 men one wife and one child) could, in the same 24-hr period, be at all surprised when Jesus walked across the Galilee toward them. How could…

““Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am" (Psalm 39:4).