November 16, 2019 DAILY READINGS This weekend’s scripture: Luke 18:15-17 FIELD NOTES For today’s meditation, try the practice of Lectio Divina (Latin for “divine reading”) as explained by The Upper Room and see what God reveals to you through His Word. Psalm 100 – New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Psalm of thanksgiving. 1  Make a joyful noise to the Lord,…

November 15, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 98This weekend’s scripture: Luke 18:15-17 FIELD NOTES What is your “joyful noise?” When I was younger I led worship at various churches and religious services.  I remember men in particular would be the quietest during worship.   “I’m worshiping on the inside.”“Singing isn’t really my thing.”“I like hymns, not these lame worship songs.”(Ouch) If there…

November 14, 2019 DAILY READINGS This weekend’s scripture: Luke 18:15-17 FIELD NOTES For today’s meditation, try the practice of Lectio Divina (Latin for “divine reading”) as explained by The Upper Room and see what God reveals to you through His Word. Isaiah 12 – New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Thanksgiving and Praise 12 You will say in that day:I will give…

November 13, 2019 DAILY READINGS John 5:19-29This weekend’s scripture: Luke 18:15-17 FIELD NOTES I have a confession. I once was a legalistic, judgmental, hateful Christian.  I looked at the sins of others and counted them as “less than” myself.  They were beneath God, and beneath me.  I had zero compassion for those who called themselves Christians and continued living into…

November 12, 2019 DAILY READINGS This weekend’s scripture: Luke 18:15-17 FIELD NOTES For today’s meditation, try the practice of Lectio Divina (Latin for “divine reading”) as explained by The Upper Room and see what God reveals to you through His Word. Psalm 98 (From The Voice translation) A song. 1 Compose a new song, and sing it to the Eternal    because of the…

November 11, 2019 DAILY READINGS 2 Peter 1:16-21This weekend’s scripture: Luke 18:15-17 FIELD NOTES What have you been witness to?  What have you seen? Experienced?  Heard? What has God done in your life?  Anything at all?  Where have you seen God at work?  Where have you witnessed the goodness of God?   Go and tell the world. Be that light on the hill.  Be the spark…

November 9, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 127Ruth 4:18-22Mark 11:12-14, 20-24This weekend’s scripture: Philippians 1:3-11 FIELD NOTES “God is not only a divine person whom we can address in prayer, but also a wide living space. We human beings are giving each other space for living when we meet each other in love and friendship” (Jürgen Moltmann,…

November 8, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 127Ruth 4:11-17Hebrews 9:15-24This weekend’s scripture: Philippians 1:3-11 FIELD NOTES The Book of Ruth has a happy ending, but it is no fairy tale. No one waves a magic wand. The marriage of Ruth and Boaz came about because Naomi understood how things worked in those days, and she and Ruth…

November 7, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 127Ruth 4:1-10Romans 5:6-11This weekend’s scripture: Philippians 1:3-11 FIELD NOTES Psalm 127 begins with an image for God found throughout the Bible: God the Housebuilder and Homemaker. Hymns often address God as almighty King, Lord, and Ruler, names that have to do with God’s sovereignty, but the Bible begins and ends…