June 7, 2022 DAILY READING Psalm 81Genesis 29:1-14 FIELD NOTES Just as Abraham sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac among his kinspeople in Haran, so Isaac sent his son Jacob to Haran to find a wife. One of the first people Jacob met when he arrived was Rachel – his cousin and the…

June 6, 2022 DAILY READING Psalm 81Genesis 24:1-27 FIELD NOTES Have you ever prayed this kind of prayer? “Lord, if you want me to ________ (fill in the blank), then give me this sign _________(fill in the blank.)” When we’re confused or unsure, we sometimes ask God to give us a specific sign so we’ll know…

June 4, 2022 DAILY READING Philippians 4:9 – “Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you…” FIELD NOTES In 1528, Cabeza DeVaca and another man survived a shipwreck off the Florida coast. Native Americans found them and demanded…

June 3, 2022 DAILY READING Philippians 4:5 – “Let your gentleness be known to everyone.” FIELD NOTES My grandfather kept ponies for my siblings and me when we were young children. Yes, we loved riding these gentle ponies. One Sunday, my grandfather put our one-year-old sister in the saddle of the largest pony and gave it…

June 2, 2022 DAILY READING Philippians 4:8-9 — “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,…

June 1, 2022 DAILY READING John 4:4 – “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.” FIELD NOTES Whoopi Goldberg plays Deloris, a nightclub singer with a questionable past, in the movie Sister Act. Deloris becomes Sister Mary Clarence through a witness protection program at a convent of nuns; as a result, Mother Superior makes…

May 31, 2022 DAILY READING Philippians 1:8 – Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Proverbs 27:3 – As a man thinks in his heart, so…