Mark 9:2-9
and
2 Kings 2:1-12
Share your thoughts... connections... wonderings...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Psalm for the Week
The idea: Live with the psalm for the week: read it daily or at least a few times during the week; share any insights, revelations, words of challenge or comfort you receive; share your thoughts with others - either here or Sunday morning during our time of sharing praises and concerns during worship.
Psalm 50:1-6
(Note: This is not all of Psalm 50)
The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a mighty tempest all around him. He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah
Psalm 50:1-6
(Note: This is not all of Psalm 50)
The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a mighty tempest all around him. He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah
Friday, February 13, 2009
Soul Cafe
OOPS!! I'm late getting this posted...
Here is the preaching text for Sunday along with a link to get you there.
Thanks for you thoughts and comments!
Sunday, 15 February, 2009: 2 Kings 5:1-14
http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=101540184
Here is the preaching text for Sunday along with a link to get you there.
Thanks for you thoughts and comments!
Sunday, 15 February, 2009: 2 Kings 5:1-14
http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=101540184
Monday, February 9, 2009
Psalm for the Week
The idea: Live with the psalm for the week: read it daily or at least a few times during the week; share any insights, revelations, words of challenge or comfort you receive; share your thoughts with others - either here or Sunday morning during our time of sharing praises and concerns during worship.
Psalm 30 (Contemporary English Version)
I will praise you, Lord! You saved me from the grave and kept my enemies from celebrating my death. I prayed to you, Lord God, and you healed me, saving me from death and the grave. Your faithful people, Lord, will praise you with songs and honor your holy name. Your anger lasts a little while, but your kindness lasts for a lifetime. At night we may cry, but when morning comes we will celebrate. I was carefree and thought, "I'll never be shaken!" You, Lord, were my friend, and you made me strong as a mighty mountain. But when you hid your face, I was crushed. I prayed to you, Lord, and in my prayer I said, “What good will it do you if I am in the grave? Once I have turned to dust, how can I praise you or tell how loyal you are? Have pity, Lord! Help!" You have turned my sorrow into joyful dancing. No longer am I sad and wearing sackcloth. [a] I thank you from my heart, and I will never stop singing your praises, my Lord and my God.
Footnotes:
[a] sackcloth: A rough, dark-colored cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. It was worn in times of trouble or sorrow.
Psalm 30 (Contemporary English Version)
I will praise you, Lord! You saved me from the grave and kept my enemies from celebrating my death. I prayed to you, Lord God, and you healed me, saving me from death and the grave. Your faithful people, Lord, will praise you with songs and honor your holy name. Your anger lasts a little while, but your kindness lasts for a lifetime. At night we may cry, but when morning comes we will celebrate. I was carefree and thought, "I'll never be shaken!" You, Lord, were my friend, and you made me strong as a mighty mountain. But when you hid your face, I was crushed. I prayed to you, Lord, and in my prayer I said, “What good will it do you if I am in the grave? Once I have turned to dust, how can I praise you or tell how loyal you are? Have pity, Lord! Help!" You have turned my sorrow into joyful dancing. No longer am I sad and wearing sackcloth. [a] I thank you from my heart, and I will never stop singing your praises, my Lord and my God.
Footnotes:
[a] sackcloth: A rough, dark-colored cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. It was worn in times of trouble or sorrow.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Soul Cafe
OOPS!! I'm late getting this posted...
I will be using two of the lectionary readings (I think...)
for Sunday, 8 February, 2009:
Isaiah 40:21-31 http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=100854334
Isaiah 40:21-31 http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=100854334
and
Mark 1:29-39 http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=100854150
(I have added a link to each text so you can read them online.)
Share your thoughts, ideas, connections...
Monday, February 2, 2009
A word of thanks...
I just wanted to say "thank you" to my church family and friends for your prayers and expressions of kindness during our season of loss. The last 12 months have seen significant losses in our family. Through it all, we have been sustained by the love and presence of God, and by how that presence is made real through all of you.
From us to all of you... Thank You!
From us to all of you... Thank You!
Beth, Charles, Gregory and Sharon
Psalm of the Week
Psalm 147:1-11, 20c
The idea: Live with the psalm for the week: read it daily or at least a few times during the week; share any insights, revelations, words of challenge or comfort you receive; share your thoughts with others - either here or Sunday morning during our time of sharing praises and concerns during worship.
Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. The Lord lifts up the downtrodden; he casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre. He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner; but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Praise the Lord!
The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The idea: Live with the psalm for the week: read it daily or at least a few times during the week; share any insights, revelations, words of challenge or comfort you receive; share your thoughts with others - either here or Sunday morning during our time of sharing praises and concerns during worship.
Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. The Lord lifts up the downtrodden; he casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre. He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner; but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Praise the Lord!
The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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