Archive for September 2019

DAILY READING Psalm 772 Kings 2:1-18Mark 11:20-25This weekend’s reading:  Proverbs 15:1-7 FIELD NOTES This story in 2 Kings depicts Elisha sticking close to his mentor Elijah throughout a long journey so that he may witness Elijah’s being taken up to heaven. At the end of the journey, the mentor asks his student, “Tell me what…

DAILY READING Psalm 77Nehemiah 9:9-15Romans 14:13-15:2This weekend’s reading:  Proverbs 15:1-7 FIELD NOTES The book of Nehemiah tells the story of the newly returned Israelites from exile. The fragile community suffers under the Greek occupation of their ancestral home, leading to internal strife and division. Governor Nehemiah seeks to restore cultural unity among the people by…

DAILY READING Psalm 77Joshua 3:1-17Hebrews 11:23-29This weekend’s reading: Proverbs 15:1-7 FIELD NOTES When I was a hospice chaplain, one of my patients was a 97-year-old woman from Jamaica named Betty. Talking with her was the highlight of my day. Though Betty was full of joy and laughter, she hadn’t had an easy life. Growing up in…