Archive for November 2018

November 20, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 3This weekend’s reading: Ephesians 1:11-23 FIELD NOTES I remember once, back in the summer before my freshman year of college, my mother was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm.  It was the first major health scare for my parents that I had experienced.  Up until then, I was like most kids,…

November 19, 2018 DAILY READING Luke 19:1-10This weekend’s reading: Ephesians 1:11-23 FIELD NOTES Its intriguing to me that the text says, Jesus must go to Zacchaeus’ home. Why MUST he? It’s a must! A missional imperative! Jesus takes some heat for it. Zacchaeus is a sinner, a tax collector, a traitor. In the eyes of…

November 17, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 16This weekend’s reading: Luke 21:1-4 FIELD NOTES A David Song Keep me safe, O God,    I’ve run for dear life to you.I say to God, “Be my Lord!”    Without you, nothing makes sense. And these God-chosen lives all around—    what splendid friends they make! Don’t just go shopping for a god.    Gods are not…

November 16, 2018 DAILY READING Colossians 2:6-15This weekend’s reading: Luke 21:1-4 FIELD NOTES Clear, unvarnished instructions: My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the…

November 15, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Timothy 6:10-21This weekend’s reading: Luke 21:1-4 FIELD NOTES “For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced…

November 14, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Timothy 6:1-10This weekend’s reading: Luke 21:1-4 FIELD NOTES “A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that’s enough.” I…

November 13, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Timothy 5:9-16This weekend’s reading: Luke 21:1-4 FIELD NOTES “Sign some widows up for the special ministry of offering assistance. They will, in turn, receive support from the church. They must be over sixty, married only once, and have a reputation for helping out with children, strangers, tired Christians, the…

November 12, 2018 DAILY READING Luke 21:1-4This weekend’s reading: Luke 19:1-10 FIELD NOTES The story of the widow’s mite is one of the best-known stories in the New Testament. The passage just prior to this concerns Jesus’ rebuke to priests who are “devouring widow’s homes.” Jesus was concerned about a religious institution that had become…