March 7, 2020 DAILY READINGS 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light. John 12:27-36 This weekend’s reading: Job 2:11-13 FIELD NOTES On the first day of creation God created light and then separated the light from the dark.  There’s an old Jewish Midrash saying that goes,…

March 6, 2020 DAILY READINGS Exodus 6: 1-13This weekend’s reading: Job 2:11-13 FIELD NOTES Our story today opens with God declaring: Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh!  And then in verses 2-8 God reminds Moses: that God has been there with his ancestors in the past, that God currently hears the…

March 5, 2020 DAILY READINGS Psalm 91This weekend’s reading:Job 2:11-13 FIELD NOTES One of the lessons I learn every Lent is the power of letting God be God. Of course, this requires me to surrender a lot. I must surrender my expectations of timing, my need to have things done in the way I want…

March 4, 2020 DAILY READINGS Joel 2:1-2, 12-17This weekend’s reading:Job 2:11-13 FIELD NOTES Last week was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, which is a penitential season.  Penance is a time of confession for the desire of reconciliation.  As they Israelites gather at Mount Sinai following 400 years of slavery in Egypt God reveals God’s…

March 2, 2020 DAILY READINGS Exodus 35:1-29This weekend’s reading:Job 2:11-13 FIELD NOTES After 400 years of slavery in Egypt, the Israelites are being led into freedom and a new kind of living.  God has provided food, guidance, and a leader (Moses) for the journey.  God has met them at the Mountain and provided a code…

February 29, 2020 DAILY READINGS Romans 5:12-19This weekend’s reading:Job 1:6-12 FIELD NOTES 5:12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned- 5:13 sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when…

February 28, 2020 DAILY READINGS Matthew 18:1-7This weekend’s reading:Job 1:6-12 FIELD NOTES Being a parent is one of the most rewarding experiences in life, is it not?  And also exhausting.  And also hilarious.  And also infuriating.  Our children bring out every emotion in us.  They make us proud.  They make us angry.  They make us…

February 27, 2020 DAILY READINGS Psalm 51This weekend’s reading:Job 1:6-12 FIELD NOTES From Psalm 51:Create in me a pure heart, O God,    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me from your presence    or take your Holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of your salvation    and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Is there a more…