Archive for June 2018

June 20, 2018 DAILY READING Luke 6:43-45This weekend’s readings: John 17:20-26 FIELD NOTES According to the Wesley Study Bible, “The prohibition against passing judgment is not based upon the inadequacy of human knowledge. In fact, we often can recognize sins in other people (“each tree is known by its own fruit,” v. 44). We are forbidden…

June 19, 2018 DAILY READING Jeremiah 21:11-14This weekend’s readings: John 17:20-26 FIELD NOTES In today’s reading, Jeremiah delivers the king of Judah a divine message from God: “Execute justice, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed.” It’s as if Jeremiah is reminding the king that his duty is to others,…

June 18, 2018

June 16, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 92:1-4, 12-152 Kings 14:1-14Mark 4:1-20This weekend’s reading: Acts 15 FIELD NOTES I love the words of praise in the Psalm for today.  Let these words be your song and your prayer today.   “It is good to give thanks to the Lord,to sing praises to your name, Most High;to proclaim…

June 15, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 201 Samuel 10:1-8Hebrews 11:4-7This weekend’s reading: Acts 15 FIELD NOTES We pick up today at the beginning of 1 Samuel chapter 10 with the culmination of the story of how Israel’s first king is anointed.  Samuel is in the process of sending Saul home after honoring him at the…

June 14, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 201 Samuel 9:15-27Hebrews 2:5-9This weekend’s reading: Acts 15 FIELD NOTES Today we pick up the story of Saul from where we left him.  Saul has gone into the town with his servant to find the prophet Samuel to get his help with his missing donkeys.  Samuel is waiting in…

June 13, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 1081 Samuel 9:1-14Luke 11:14-28This weekend’s reading: Acts 15 FIELD NOTES Yesterday we read about how the Israelite people demanded that Samuel give them a king.  They rejected God’s kingship over them in favor of an earthly king to protect them.  So Samuel is going to give them what they…

June 12, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 1081 Samuel 8:1-22Revelation 20:7-15This weekend’s reading: Acts 15 FIELD NOTES For the next few days, we are going to explore the passages in 1 Samuel which mark the end of the period of Judges and the beginning of the period of Kings for the Israelite people.  Once the Israelites…

June 11, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 1081 Samuel 7:3-15Revelation 20:1-6This weekend’s reading: Acts 15 FIELD NOTES For someone who is very much a “head person,” the words of the Psalmist and of Samuel in today’s readings are both a challenge and a relief.  When I say that I am a “head person,” I mean that…