How's that for a post title? Sometimes, when you're about to embark on an explanation of a lot of disconnected information, you have to state the obvious. So there you go. Last Thursday, while minding my own business, I was involved in a car accident up on Hwy 9. (For those of you who don't live in the Puget Sound area, let me just say that Hwy 9 is a two-lane, 50 mph speedway that regularly hosts accidents--many of them fatal). It was a gray, rainy afternoon (my favorite) and I was stopped at ... continue reading...
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One Year Bible: May 16
How joyful are those who fear the Lord and delight in obeying His commands. Psalm 112:1 To read today's portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: 1 Samuel 18:5-19:24 John 8:31-59 Psalm 112:1-10 Proverbs 15:12-14 Absent A shadow fell across my laptop screen and I looked up to see my friend standing over my shoulder, holding his usual 4-shot mocha. "Finishing your book?" he asked. I nodded and smiled. "Time for a break?" I ... continue reading...
One Year Bible: May 15
“You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today the Lord will conquer you ... and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!” 1 Samuel 17:5,6 To read today's portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or find the following in your Bible: 1 Samuel 17:1-18:4 John 8:21-30 Psalm 111:1-10 Proverbs 15:11 On our second trip to Israel, our guide told ... continue reading...
One Year Bible: May 7
I asked the Lord to give me this boy, and He has granted my request. Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.” 1 Samuel 1:27-28 To read today's portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or find the following in your Bible: 1 Samuel 1:1-2:21 John 5:1-23 Psalm 105:37-45 Proverbs 14:28-29 Every time I read this chapter of 1 Samuel, I grieve twice for Hannah: once for all the years she longed for a child, and once for the day she left ... continue reading...
One Year Bible: May 3
In those days Israel had no king; everyone did what was right in their own eyes. Judges 17:6 To read today's portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or find the following in your Bible: Judges 17:1-18:31 John 3:1-21 Psalm 104:1-23 Proverbs 14:20-21 One of the most tragic (and gruesome) events during the Westward Movement of the mid-1800s was the story of the Donner Party, a group of pioneers who banded together and left for California in 1846. Stranded over an ... continue reading...
One Year Bible: May 1
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” John 1:48 To read today's portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible or find the following in your Bible: Judges 13:1-14:20 John 1:29-51 Psalm 102:1-28 Proverbs 14:15-16 We don’t know what Nathanael was doing under the fig tree. He may have been sitting under its shade to escape the heat of the day. But many scholars say that the term ... continue reading...