Archive for March 2019

March 30, 2019 DAILY READING Psalm 96This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:33-41 FIELD NOTES Every now and then, I really do realize how very self-absorbed I am. Not often, because, as I said, I can be self-absorbed. I’m worried about my kids having everything they need for each day or coming up event. I’m worried about every…

March 29, 2019 DAILY READING Romans 6:1-11This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:33-41 FIELD NOTES I don’t know what you woke up worrying about today. I don’t know what is breaking your heart. I don’t know what pain your body is in. I don’t know who you miss or what you long for. I don’t know what scares…

March 28, 2019 DAILY READING John 8:21-32This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:33-41 FIELD NOTES This passage concludes with Jesus speaking words that are likely quite familiar to you. Speaking to the Jews who had believed in him, he said: “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the…

March 27, 2019 DAILY READING John 8:12-20This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:33-41 FIELD NOTES The internet is so fully integrated into our lives at this point that it is almost impossible for us to remember the world before our phones were permanently attached to our hands. The answer to every question we could ever come up with…

March 26, 2019 DAILY READING John 7:37-43This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:33-41 FIELD NOTES Jesus stood up and shouted! In his shouting, he promised to give the Holy Spirit to all who believed. And wrapped up in that promise was the claim to be the Messiah. The response from the crowd was mixed. While some could boldly…

March 25, 2019 DAILY READING Isaiah 52:7-12This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:33-41 FIELD NOTES I doubt many of us ever think of our feet as beautiful. Feet are often calloused or tired or sore or even stinky. But usually not thought to be beautiful. Even so, the prophet declares that worn and weary feet can be made beautiful…

March 23, 2019 DAILY READING Luke 6:43-45This weekend’s reading: Mark 14:66-72 FIELD NOTES The CEB translation of the passage today says, “You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree, nor good apples off a diseased tree. The health of the apple tells the health of the tree. You must begin with your own life-giving lives.…

March 22, 2019 DAILY READING Revelation 3:1-6This weekend’s reading: Mark 14:66-72 FIELD NOTES It’s a harsh word that God delivers to John about the church in Sardis- a church that appears alive but is indeed dead.  The book of Revelation is apocalyptic literature.  This means that while it shows us the “end times,” it creates for…