Archive for October 2021

DAILY READING “Thy Kingdome come on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10) FIELD NOTES We discussed how Christ’s church takes the world and baptizes it, transforming it into God’s kingdom in one seminary class. The church took the Roman Festival of Lights and converted it into Christmas, Jesus’ birth as the light that…

DAILY READING Ephesians 6:11, 14-17: Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. . . . Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. 15As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready…

DAILY READING Matthew 22:39: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” FIELD NOTES Upon arriving to officiate a funeral service, the director said, “You have another funeral tomorrow.” He showed me it was for 1 p.m. the next day for a man I did not know. I noticed the decease’s address was near our home.…

DAILY READING Matthew 22:39: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” FIELD NOTES When our daughters were younger, I walked with them, door to door trick-or-treating. It amazed me to see so many children in our neighborhood. It amazed me even more to see so many adults open their doors, giving candy and gifts to…

DAILY READING Luke 15:4-6: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls…

DAILY READING John 15:15: “I call you friend!” (Jesus speaking) FIELD NOTES Dr. Frankenstein sewed body parts into a monster we call “Frankenstein.” Eventually, the monster escapes into the woods. He follows soothing music to a blind man’s hut. Instead of seeing a monster, the blind man sees a kind heart, invites the monster inside,…

DAILY READING Mark 8:22-26 FIELD NOTES Jesus healed a blind man’s eyes with his saliva and his touch. Can you imagine the change this wrought in the man’s life? No longer forced to beg, the man could now work and earn a living and support himself and his family. Healing changed not only his physical…

DAILY READING Nehemiah 1:1-11 FIELD NOTES After Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 BC, the Temple was laid waste and the walls of the city were broken down. The once-proud city of David was in shambles and its remaining people were destitute and starving. 00Nearly 150 years later, a Jewish man serving the…